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| Medical care at center spurs lawsuit |
| By Los Angeles Times |
| Published: 06/14/2007 |
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SAN DIEGO, CA — The American Civil Liberties Union filed a class-action lawsuit Wednesday on behalf of immigrants detained at the San Diego Correctional Facility, claiming that denial of adequate medical care has led to disfiguring injuries, untreated illnesses and deaths. The lawsuit focuses on 11 detainees who lawyers say suffered needlessly because of the incompetence and indifference of officials at the facility. Among the detainees is a Honduran woman who has not received treatment for a tumor, a Kenyan with bipolar disorder whose tooth crumbled from lack of dental care and a man from Ghana who died after complaining of chest pains, according to the complaint. Read more. If link has expired, check the website of the article's original news source. |
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