“Tragic combination of circumstances”: Natalya Bestemyanova spoke about the condition of Roman Kostomarov 03/15/2023, 08:30

The 1984 Olympic champion in ice dancing is very worried about a colleague’s serious illness. Natalya knows Roman well – she was a judge in several episodes of the First Channel project “Ice Age” with his participation. The 63-year-old figure skater first commented on Kostomarov’s fight for life.

“I open the news bulletins every morning and several times a day,” Bestemyanova said. – I could call his wife or Ilya Averbukh, but I don’t bother them. This is a tragic accident, a terrible situation. There was a one in a thousand chance that it would all come together. I wish him to be stronger than this. He is facing very difficult times.”

In the middle of last week, Ilya Averbukh reported a slight improvement in Roman’s condition. Then the doctors made an encouraging prediction – they announced the positive dynamics that are observed in the patient’s body. Bestemyanova urged not to rush to optimistic conclusions.

“I get really scared when people start like, ‘Well, he’s better now.’ That was in February, remember? Let him tell us himself that he is better. Then I will believe, “said Natalia to KP.

Kostomarov has been in Kommunarka since January 10. The head doctor of the hospital, Denis Protsenko, said in mid-February that the 46-year-old figure skater’s lungs were completely damaged. His legs and several fingers were amputated. However, the sepsis is still progressing. In this regard, the surgeons decided to perform another amputation.

The president of the Champions League, Alexei Seversky, pointed out that nosocomial infections were the reason for the unsuccessful treatment of the Olympic champion. A member of the expert council under the Russian government insists on conducting an audit of the investigative committee in Kommunarka.

“I’m not a doctor, so I can hardly say anything about the course of Roman Kostomarov’s illness, but I can say one thing for sure. In the “Kommunarka”, where he is held, it is necessary to check the investigative committee. At this hospital, coronavirus patients were given immunosuppressants, including dexamethasone, in the face of fears of a cytokine storm. These drugs suppressed the human immune system and under such conditions nosocomial infection developed very well. Since Kostomarov did the same, in my opinion, there is work for experts and researchers, ”Seversky quotes DOS.