The Trial Chamber, presided by judge Patrick Robinson, ordered that Milosevic be immediately examined and asked that doctors submit a report based on which he would decide when to resume the trial, Landale told Hina over the phone.
Milosevic's trial, which began on 12 February 2002, has been adjourned around 15 times so far because of the defendant's heart condition. After he began representing himself last October, Milosevic was in good health and was absent only once due to a flu, which prompted the Prosecution to suggest that the trial be held five instead of three days a week. Milosevic, on the other hand, requested breaks so that he could rest from the strain of preparing his defence and examining witnesses.
Milosevic is charged with 66 counts of genocide, crimes against humanity, violations of the laws and customs of war, and grave breaches of the Geneva conventions over his role in the 1990s wars in Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Kosovo, which claimed the lives of more than 200,000 people.