Inmate died after hours without aid, prisoners say
A 41-year-old prisoner died of a heart attack in Prey Sar prison’s Correctional Center 1 on February 15, but only after he spent more than two hours stuck in his overcrowded cell waiting for medical treatment, his fellow prisoners allege. CC1 administrator Khuth Vuthy, who confirmed the death, said yesterday that the prisoner – whom he could not name at the time – had been serving a 15-year sentence for murder handed down by the Kampong Cham Provincial Court “sometime in the past two years”. He had been transferred to CC1 last week to await his appeal hearing on Monday. … According to the US government’s National Institutes of Health, quick treatment is key to surviving a heart attack, and about half of those who die from heart attacks die within an hour, and before reaching a hospital. … Am Sam Ath, a senior technical supervisor for rights group Licadho, said that his organisation was still unsure of the exact cause of death but will investigate the case. …
Buth Reaksmey Kongkea
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