Inmate dies while undergoing treatment
Mohamed Badeeu, from the Henveiru Landhooge in the capital, was taken to IGMH on Monday afternoon and passed away around 3:30am, according to the Maldives Correctional Service.
18 Jul 2017, 9:00 AM
A 52-year-old inmate at the Maafushi prison died in the early hours of Tuesday while undergoing treatment at the Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Malé.
Mohamed Badeeu, from the Henveiru Landhooge in the capital, was taken to IGMH on Monday afternoon, according to the Maldives Correctional Service.
The IGMH spokesman said the patient passed away around 3:15 am but declined to provide details about the cause of death.
The prisons authority spokesman said Badeeu was previously treated at IGMH for diabetes. “He had diabetes and was taken to IGMH at around 03:00 on Monday afternoon,” MCS spokesman Ahmed Luqman told the Maldives Independent.
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