Poisioned Russian ex-spy Skripal discharged from hospital
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal, who was poisoned with a nerve agent in Britain, triggering a diplomatic crisis with Russia, has been discharged from hospital, the facility said Friday. “It is fantastic news that Sergei Skripal is well enough to leave Salisbury District Hospital,” Cara Charles-Barks, the hospital’s chief executive, said in a statement. Director of Nursing Lorna Wilkinson said: “This is an important stage in his recovery, which will now take place away from the hospital. “Treating him and the other two people poisoned by this nerve agent, while still providing outstanding care to the other patients who rely on our hospital, has been a huge and unprecedented challenge,” he said. Skripal and his daughter Yulia, who was visiting from Moscow, collapsed on March 4 on a bench in Salisbury in western England where the former double agent lives. Nick Bailey, a police officer who came to assist them, was also hospitalised. He and Yulia Skripal were discharged from hospi