The Hague: Judges at the
Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered a full medical
checkup of ailing genocide suspect Gen Ratko Mladic after he
said he was too ill to attend a hearing last week.
Judges say in a written order that a complete picture of
the 69-year-old former Bosnian Serb military chief's health
will help them "better assess whether and to what extent his
health condition could affect the preparation of the upcoming
trial."
The order published today comes amid a slew of health
complaints from Mladic since he arrived at the UN court's
detention unit in May following his arrest in Serbia after 16
years on the run.
Mladic has been suffering the effect of a kidney stone,
had surgery for a hernia and been hospitalised with pneumonia.
PTI
First Published: Thursday, November 17, 2011, 00:17