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| Dying Prisoner Going Without Medical Care |
| By mlive.com |
| Published: 02/22/2010 |
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Kenneth Rhinehart has known since he was convicted of first-degree murder in 1973 that he likely will die in prison. But he always expected to see a doctor when the time came. Rhinehart, 58, of the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Blackman Township, has irreversible liver disease and probably cancer, too. A prison doctor filed a request in September for a surgical biopsy, but Rhinehart is still waiting to see a specialist. He has no official cancer diagnosis, no treatment plan, no pain pills and no explanation for the delay. "The doctors up north found a mass in my abdominal cavity the size of a grapefruit. This will not go away," Rhinehart said. "I'm dying and I am in a lot of pain. I need them to do something." Read More. |
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