Malkhazi Gakhokia

Malkhazi fought in the war as a teenage conscript. During the intense fighting in September 1993 he was hit in the head by grenade shrapnel. Twice he was pronounced dead and moved to the morgue only to be brought back to the trauma center. During emergency surgery, his doctor was shot in the leg. After the operation, doctors ruled him dead a third time. He survived, but is blind in one eye, lethargic, sensitive to cold weather, and unable to work due to the injuries he suffered.

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