Immigrants in US custody died after 'inadequate' medical care, congressional investigation finds
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Immigrants in US custody died after 'inadequate' medical care, congressional investigation finds
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During the course of the congressional investigation, detainees reported that when facility personnel did not deem medical issues to be emergencies, they did not take them seriously. "Individuals suffering from migraine headaches, hernias, and high blood pressure reported that their conditions went untreated," the report reads.
For example, a detainee in Texas reportedly remained in medical quarantine for nine days with facial swelling before he was diagnosed with mumps. He permanently lost hearing in one ear....
The committee detailed the deaths of several detainees in custody. In 2018, Huy Chi Tran, 47, died of a sudden cardiac arrest after eight days in detention. He was placed in solitary confinement at CoreCivic's Eloy Detention Center in Arizona. According to the report, a guard failed to monitor him and then falsified logs.