Yulia Skripal discharged from hospital after Salisbury attack
Both the Skripals were in a critical condition for weeks, but their health began to improve rapidly and doctors now say father Sergei could also be released in due course
Yulia Skripal has been discharged from hospital more than a month since she was poisoned along with her father, a former Russian spy, with a military-grade nerve agent, the English hospital where they are being treated said.
Sergei Skripal, 66, a former colonel in Russian military intelligence who betrayed dozens of spies to Britain’s foreign spy service, and his daughter Yulia were found unconscious on a public bench in the English city of Salisbury on March 4.
They were in a critical condition for weeks and doctors at one point feared, even if they survived, they might have suffered brain damage, but the Skripals’ health then began to improve rapidly.
Yulia, 33, was discharged from Salisbury District Hospital, Christine Blanshard, medical director of the hospital, told reporters. She did not say when Yulia had been discharged but the BBC said she had left hospital on Monday night.
“We have now discharged Yulia,” Blanshard said. “Both patients have responded exceptionally well to the treatment we’ve been providing, but equally, both patients are at different stages in their recovery.”