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| Man Begged For Help, Then Died In Jail |
| By washingtonpost.com |
| Published: 06/28/2010 |
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PEKIN, Ill. -- For days before he died in a federal prison, Adam Montoya pleaded with guards to be taken to a doctor, pressing a panic button in his cell over and over to summon help that never came. An autopsy concluded that the 36-year-old inmate suffered from no fewer than three serious illnesses - cancer, hepatitis and HIV. The cancer ultimately killed him, causing his spleen to burst. Montoya bled to death internally. But the coroner and a pathologist were more stunned by another finding: The only medication in his system was a trace of over-the-counter pain reliever. Read More. |
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If he was taken to the clinic one time then it's completely on the medical provider, not the "guards" as the story puts it.