Petőcz Kálmán (szerk.): National Populism and Slovak - Hungarian Relations in Slovakia 2006-2009 (Somorja, 2009)
Annex
The Case of Hedviga Malinová said he did not believe the media and wanted to hear from the doctors whether they dissociated themselves from the report. According to lawyers, the only way of “legitimizing the Labaš report” ex post is to summon all doctors listed as the report’s consultants as witnesses before the special investigation team and ask them to confirm or deny particular conclusions, although the report’s trustworthiness has already suffered an irreparable blow. The Office of Attorney General refused to comment on its plans regarding the report.53 ÜES SURROUbldiNq CT SCAN On September 28, 2009, legal counsel of Hedviga Malinová Roman Kvasnica sent to the Office of Attorney General his comments on the expert’s opinion elaborated by Peter Labaš. On 35 pages, Kvasnica refuted and/or corrected Labaš’s conclusions. He argued that the expert’s opinion did not comply with even the most basic formal requirements as its author had deliberately selected from available interrogation transcripts and even altered some of the testimonies. Kvasnica pointed out that the Labaš report failed to provide satisfactory answers to questions explicitly asked by the special investigation team regarding Malinová’s injuries or drugs administered to her and completely ignored her mental condition. To his comments, Kvasnica also attached written statements by the two doctors who had dissociated themselves from the Labaš report.54 On October 1, 2009, it turned out that Labaš had lied by concluding that Malinová’s CT scan did not establish any facial injuries. In fact, the victim’s face was never scanned because the doctors focused on ruling out skull fractures and brain haemorrhaging. The media obtained the protocol from CT scan from the Nitra hospital based on Malinová’s consent. It remains unclear how Labaš got his hands on the CT protocol; he certainly did not have the patient’s consent and most probably didn’t have the Office of Attorney General’s authorization either since the CT scan is not part of the case files. The CT scan reveals that contrary to Labaš’s conclusions, the doctors did not scan Malinová’s “entire body” but only the skull, brain, chest, stomach and pelvis minor. The CT examination had been requested by the traumatologist who aimed to establish potential fractures and internal haemorrhaging as opposed to contusions. According to Labaš, “the CT scan provides fundamental direct evidence that except a minor lip laceration and bruises of earlier origin on thighs, Hedviga Malinová did not sustain any other injuries”. In the meantime, the media have presented views from several radiologists who explained in unison that the principal goal of 333
