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| Kevorkian gets out of prison for surgery |
| By Detroit Free Press |
| Published: 02/07/2005 |
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Dr. Jack Kevorkian finally is out of prison -- if only for a few weeks. Kevorkian, the infamous assisted-suicide doctor convicted of poisoning a man on national television, left his Michigan prison cell last Thursday to undergo bilateral hernia surgery, his lawyer said. Mayer Morganroth, Kevorkian's Southfield attorney, said his client was given 10 minutes' notice early last Thursday that he'd be leaving for the surgery. In addition to the hernia, Kevorkian reportedly has hepatitis C, high blood pressure, arthritis, a heart murmur, circulatory problems and the beginning stages of cataracts in his eyes. "They've known he needed the surgery for quite a while," Morganroth said. "They did some stress tests to see if his heart could withstand it. I guess they decided it's worth the risk." Department of Corrections spokesman Leo Lalonde confirmed that Kevorkian was getting the surgery at Foote Hospital in Jackson, which is not part of the state prison system. He's under constant guard, Lalonde said, in a secure wing separate from regular patients. Kevorkian is expected to stay in the hospital for much of his recovery, which could last a few weeks, his lawyer said. |
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