Lutsenko will be operated in early January

. Yuriy Lutsenko will undergo surgery for removal of a polyp from the intestine in early January.

This was disclosed by the spokesperson for People's Self-Defense, Larysa Sarhan, the Segodnya reported.

"The operation is very difficult and dangerous; after it two weeks of rehabilitation are required to prevent internal bleeding. Yuriy Vitaliyovych's mother died of colon cancer, and there is a risk that it is hereditary. Now this is a benign tumor, 0.8 cm in diameter, but it is growing very rapidly," Sarhan said.

According to her, Lutsenko will be treated at his own expense in Kyiv's private clinic. The publication learned at the medical facility that such an operation could cost around 20 thousand UAH.

As reported, earlier Larysa Sarhan said that Lutsenko wanted to have surgery in Kyiv's private clinic Oberig.