The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative
Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other
shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org.
February 26, 2016

Medical Care Violations Played Role in 8 Deaths in ICE Detention Centers
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Meanwhile, in the United States, a new report by the ACLU and other
groups says violations of medical care standards played a role in at
least eight deaths inside U.S. immigrant detention facilities between
2010 and 2012. The report includes cases in which one man died of a
heart attack after officials waited more than an hour to call 911, while
another died of a preventable heart disease after his pleas for medical
care were ignored for four months. In another case, a woman died after
authorities gave her the incorrect dose of her medicine, even though she
submitted multiple health services requests before her death, including
one in which she wrote, "I am not being given the full dosage of my
medications."
Topics:Immigration

.