Bonner. a pediatrician is known to have suffered two heart attacks which she has been forced to treat herself. According to Alexei Semyonov. Sakharovs stepson. a London cardiologist who has reviewed Elena Bonners cardiogram has concluded that she is need of a coronary bypass operation. Two and onehalf years ago. Andrei Sakharov embarked on a similar hunger strike to pressure the Soviet Government into allowing his stepsons fiance Yelizaveta Alexeyava to emigrate. That hunger strike lasted 17 days before Sakharov required hospitalization. Today. in a weakened condition. suffering from heart trouble. the great physicist and peace activist approaches his previous heroic milestone.
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