Dispute over delay in medical help for dead Maafushi inmate
07 Feb 2010, 6:49 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Concern has been raised about the delay in medical treatment given to an inmate in Maafushi jail, who died in custody yesterday.
The Director General of the Department of Penitentiary and Rehabilitation Services (DPRS), Mohamed Rasheed, said Hassan Ahmed, from Gan Mukuri Magu of Laamu atoll, died of a heart attack.
Rasheed said the 29 year old had been jailed for 25 years for using and selling drugs, but ”was a trusted and good man who was selected to work as jail staff.”
”We got a report at 2:00pm and our jail officers attended to him after four to five minutes,” he said, adding that Hassan was taken to the prison’s doctor immediately.
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