Except Yushchenko could not have been admitted to the Rudolfinerhaus Clinic in Vienna for dioxin poisoning. And the medical records obtained from that clinic do not indicate that diagnosis. In fact, Viktor Yushchenko's problem is likely much more severe than record blood levels of dioxin. His problems are in all probability so severe and of such import for him and his party that he and the Rudolfinerhaus medical claque chanced a daring and bold gambit in order to hide the truth and simultaneously implicate his opponent. The truth is, Viktor Yushchenko may well be the victim of two poisonings, the more severe of which his physicians have yet to reveal.

The Rudolfinerhaus clinic advertises itself as a discrete and posh clinic. I have questioned, right from the beginning, the rationale for Yushchenko entering this medical facility if he truly had a mysterious ailment or needed high-end care. One of my readers, a computer scientist and an "expat Austrian," by his own description, commented:

"Had I an actual health problem, I would prefer, say, the U. of Vienna's teaching hospital (for most things), or the Lorenz-Boehler (trauma, accidents), and so on.

"A few years ago, the Rudolfinerhaus had the reputation of a Betty Ford clinic for the affluent, with an add-on wing for the yearly checkups of rich oil sheiks. Unless that rep has experienced a sea change since then, I must ask: Why would someone who claims to have been poisoned check into the place when the AKH is a stone's throw away?"