During an interview with Project South, one detained immigrant said she was not given her breast cancer medication for six weeks. In addition, she requested medical care four times and waited more than two weeks and still did not see a single medical professional. nShe went on to say: The medical unit is not helpful at all, even if you are dying. She explained:For everything, including serious illnesses, they just hand out ibuprofen.
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This complaint and Ms.Wootens accompanying Declaration (which is incorporated by reference) document recent accounts of jarring medical neglect at ICDC including refusal to test detained immigrants for COVID-19 who have been exposed to the virus and are symptomatic, shredding of medical requests submitted by detained immigrants, and fabricating medical records.
In addition, this complaint raises red flags regarding the rate at which hysterectomies are performed on immigrant women under ICE custody at ICDC. This complaint also documents hazardous and reckless actions taken by ICDC management such as allowing employees to work while they are symptomatic awaiting COVID-19 test results and hiding information from employees and detained immigrants about who has tested positive for COVID-19. In addition, this complaint documents ICDCs disregard for public health guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention by maintaining unsanitary conditions and continuously allowing transfers of detained immigrants, even those who have tested positive for COVID-19, and punishing immigrants with solitary confinement when they speak out against these injustices.
makes you wonder how many people have died in these camps since official numbers have never been reported. but they know exactly how many people died in nursing homes, because they had social security numbers.
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