Transplant for Raisa Gorbachev

Berlin - Ms Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of former Soviet leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, is to have a bone marrow transplant as part…

Berlin - Ms Raisa Gorbachev, the wife of former Soviet leader Mr Mikhail Gorbachev, is to have a bone marrow transplant as part of her treatment for acute leukaemia, doctors in Germany said yesterday.

Dr Thomas Buechner, who has been treating Ms Gorbachev (67), said a donor had been found and the operation was likely to take place within weeks.

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