BERLIN : HOW IS MAM JELAL ?

August 27, 2013 – BERLIN – :  President Jalal Talabani responded on Monday, through the manager of the hospital, where he receives treatment on a message left by 35 Kurdish university professors who tried to visit him Sunday and were prevented, by saying that he will meet them “within days.”

“The administration of Charité Hospital, in which Talabani is being treated, informed us on Monday morning a message from Mr. Talabani,” One of the professors who tried to meet Talabani said in a statement to Kurdish Rodaw newspaper.

35 university professors from various universities in Kurdistan have tried yesterday to visit Talabani in a hospital in Germany, but the hospital administration prevented them so they left a message to Talabani.

The professor at Garmiyan University, Umed Barzan said that Charité Hospital’s administration contacted them and informed them the message of President Talabani. 35 university professors from six universities form Kurdistan are participating in a leaders’ preparation course , as they tried to visit Talabani yesterday, but couldn’t. In addition to the mentioned professor, several people tried during their visit to Germany to meet Talabani including the President of Kurdistan region , Massoud Barzani, Vice President, Khudair Alkhozai and parliament Speaker Osama al-Nujaifi but all of them were prevented by the hospital’s administration.

Leaders from Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, led by Talabani confirmed that they did not see him since he was transferred to Germany, pointing out that Talabani’s wife, Hero Ibrahim and their two sons as well as his nephew , Sheikh Genki Talabani are the only ones who have visited him, as no one from the party’s officials saw Talabani.

The most recent request to visit Talabani has been requested by independent MP in, Hassan al-Alawi who expressed his belief that the health status of the President of the Republic should not be concealed. It’s worth mentioning that the medical team supervising Talabani’s treatment in Germany confirmed that his health improved and a Kurdish television station broadcasted his pictures (no sound or video) last May, for the first time in his hospital wearing a formal suit and sitting next to the doctors in the hospital garden, as it seems.