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December 16 Gefeliciteerd Machiel !!Allereerst willen wij als 'Supportgroep Free Harry Bout' Machiel Kuijt hartelijk feliciteren met het goede nieuws. Als het goed is komt Machiel binnen vier weken als een vrij man terug naar Nederland. Wat moet dat ook heerlijk zijn voor zijn familie! Machiel heeft bijna tien jaar gevangen gezeten in Thailand.
wij willen graag alle nieuwe lezers van deze space oproepen om de petitie voor Harry te tekenen, je kunt de petitie vinden op www.freeharrybout.org. of in de kolom rechts op deze space 'neem eens een kijkje...'
brief van Harry.
Gisteren kreeg ik een brief van Harry waar hij o.a. het volgende in schrijft:
"...just a little while ago I went to see the prison dentist, and he drilled on my broken molar tooth a little (without anesthetic) and then put on some filling material in the place of where the tooth had broken off. It hurt a lot, but at least there is now something to cover the tooth from sensitivity and decay. So for that I am happy . At least I still have the tooth "
Verder schrijft Harry dat hij geen klacht durft in te dienen wat de slechte zorg betreft die hij op dit het moment krijgt. Er zijn zomaar medicijnen gestopt van het een op het andere moment, Hij is al zo'n 12 kilo aangekomen, alleen door vocht wat hij vasthoudt. Hij heeft een poliep in zijn keel waar niets aan gedaan wordt..... Hij durft geen klacht in te dienen omdat hij bang is dat hij dan in 'the hole' gestopt zal worden en daarna misschien niet meer terug komt bij zijn 'cellie' Michael waar hij het goed mee kan vinden.
Aan de andere kant is zo'n klacht wel nodig omdat er anders niets aan gedaan kan worden.
Harry kiest ervoor geen klacht in te dienen omdat hij bang is voor de gevolgen.
Hij schrijft ook : "de gevangene is altijd fout en de bewaker heeft altijd gelijk."
Dit wat betreft zijn brief van gisteren.
Vorige week hebben we ook dit ontvangen :
Michigan Department of Correction Parole Board Notice of Decision.
The Michigan Parole Board, having conducted a review of the above prisoner's case, has determined the following:
* the majority of the Parole Board has no interest in taking action at this time. Your case will be reviewed as required by law.
decision date action next interview scheduled:
10/31/2006 no interest 1-30-2012
dit betekent dus dat er niets veranderd aan Harry's straf. Op 30 januari 2012 zal zijn zaak opnieuw 'bekeken' worden.
Slecht nieuws dus. Wij hopen dat we met hulp van het Consulaat eerder resultaat zullen hebben.
Wat het Consulaat betreft:
We hebben 2 brieven gekregen (kopietjes die naar de gevangenis gestuurd zijn) waaruit blijkt dat ze de slechte gezondheid van Harry zeer serieus nemen. Het Consulaat heeft 2 pittige brieven gestuurd waaruit blijkt dat je als gevangene zeker ook recht hebt op een goede medische verzorging.
December 07 bericht via DougGisteravond hebben we bericht van Harry gekregen via Doug per email verstuurd. Het bericht is van 3 December.
..." It's true that I'm not well at the moment. I was finally able to be seen by the doctor here, Gamat Isaacs, on December 1. He now prescribed what he called "water pills" to try and bring down my weight gain. I have not received the water pills yet, but he also prescribed some other medication which he said is similar to Benedryl, but it's a "restricted medication,"which means I can't have it in my cell and have to go to the health care building 3 times per day to take the pill. Quite an inconvenience, especially when it's raining or cold. It also seems to be making me sleep. Today the housing unit announced med lines and I didn't hear it, and so I missed my meds at noon time. I don't believe they ever announced it, but it's a losing battle, so I won't even bother to complain about it. If I did it would only result in retaliation ( represailles).
Apparently the MDOC has eliminated Benedryl as a medication under any circumstances, and even though the prison doctor prescribed it especially for me, his boss, the regional medical director at the Riverside CF overruled him. So it's not the prison doctor here that's causing the problem. It's the regional medical director, Dr. Pandia.
The Consul General has been trying to help me with this...
My blood pressure meds are apparently what's causing my weight gain. But even with the blood pressure meds my blood pressure has been on the rise. On Friday, December 1 , it was 145 over 100 and this while I'm already taking the new blood pressure meds. But the doctor says the blood pressure readings are not accurate now because of all my coughing. But it was high even before all the coughing started when they cut me off of the 50 mgs of Benadryl 3 times per day. As a prisoner I have no say in my health care. It just seems like they are experimenting on me with meds to see what happens. I don't like it but there's not much I can do about it.
The new meds keep me sleepy..."
Gistermiddag heeft Inge ook naar de gevangenis gebeld om te vragen hoe het met Harry gaat.
Ze kreeg de assistente van de warden aan de telefoon (Jackie) en deze vertelde niets over hem te mogen zeggen.
Harry moet eerst een formulier invullen waarin hij toestemming geeft dat ons verteld mag worden hoe het met zijn gezondheid gaat....
Wel werd Inge verteld dat hij niet in het zekenhuis lag.
Er is een notitie gemaakt dat Inge gebeld heeft.
December 05 EpafrasVanmiddag nogmaals Epafras gebeld en inderdaad met de mevrouw gesproken die Harry op 27 Nov. jl bezocht heeft.
Harry was wel wat aan het hoesten maar omdat hij ook erg blij was met het bezoek vermoedt ze dat hij het ook een beetje in heeft proberen te houden. Het koele drinken verzachtte zijn keel wat.
Er was duidelijk te zien dat Harry vocht vast hield.
Ook zij vindt de situatie serieus en zorgwekkend. Dit zal ze in haar verslag verwerken en dit verslag zal ook naar Buitenlandse Zaken gestuurd worden.
BuZa is natuurlijk al op de hoogte inmiddels maar hoe meer berichten over Harry's slechte gezondheid hoe beter.
Verder zal Harry's situatie binnen Epafras besproken worden.
We spreken af elkaar op de hoogte te houden wat Harry betreft.
Even voor de duidelijkheid: Harry houdt dus nog steeds vocht vast maar heeft ook een poliep in zijn keel. Zijn zus Linda is erg bang dat als er niets aan deze poliep gedaan wordt het wel eens kwaadaardig kan worden.
Deze poliep baart ons ook grote zorgen.
Wat ook erg vreemd is , is dat Harry's arts eigenlijk achter hem staat. Deze arts vind ook dat Harry zijn 'oude' medicatie
nodig heeft. Maar omdat de arts niet zelf mag beslissen van welk merk de medicijnen gegeven moeten worden komt hij ook niet verder. De 'nieuwe' medicatie is goedkoper en daarom moet hij die voorschrijven.Deze arts kan er waarschijnlijk niet veel aan veranderen omdat hij anders zelf misschien in de problemen komt.
Harry schreef al in een brief aan ons dat hij bang is dat ze op deze manier gewoon van hem af willen. Dat ze hem op deze manier dood willen hebben.
Dit gaf hij ook aan in het gesprek met de medewerkster van Epafras.
December 04 uit een brief van vandaag.Vandaag hebben we een nieuwe brief ontvangen van Harry, geschreven op 29 november.
...I am not well at the moment, as you already know...
Yesterday Consul Schiff told me that he spoke with the prison doctor Gamat Isaacs, and that he would see me today.
But he apparently lied to Consul Schiff, because today I was called out to be seen by a nurse, who was clearly trying to make a falsified record in my medical file to falsely create another reason for my current condition.
First the nurse had me stand on the weigh scale. Without even looking she said : 166 pounds !
So I immediately pointed out 189 pounds, and stayed on the scale to point it out, 150 plus 39, and then the nurse just says: " I must have looked at it wrong," as if she made an oversight. How do you get 166 out of 189 as an oversight? So I have gained two more pounds since last week.
Then the nurse takes my blood pressure and it's 145/96. Again she says nothing, but I don't see what she writes down either.
Then she looked at my legs which are all swollen up. She pushed on my legs and it left deep indentations that stayed where her fingers had pushed in. Then the nurse said: "Well, that's NORMAL." I immediately said:"No, it's not normal, not for me!" I have never had swollen legs & ancles before.
Then she looked in my mouth to my throat, and says that my throat is red, but that when I came in, there I was coughing not as much as I was now, as if to say that I am faking it.
Then she said that I have an "upper respiratory infection", and told me to gargle with salt. I then told her that the doctor specifically told me before not to use any salts and asked if the doctor had ordered me to now use salts. Then the nurse say:" we all have a standing order that we can prescribe this." I then said that unless I hear it from the doctor that he now wants me to have salt intake that I am going to do as he personally told me and not use any salts. Then the nurse says: "So, you're refusing?" and I replied: "yes, unless I hear otherwise from the doctor." Then she looked into my ears and already had something in a small bottle that she wanted to squit in my ear, saying that my eardrum is impacted. I said there is nothing wrong with my hearing, and if it's not broken don't try and fix it. Again she said:"So, you're refusing?" and I said "yes, I never complained about hearing problems." Then she said:" Well you'll have to discuss it with the doctor later this afternoon."
Well, I was not called out to be seen by the doctor....
Harry wordt naar ons idee niet serieus genomen wat zijn klachten betreft en wij voelen ons zo vreselijk machteloos! We zijn hele dagen bezig maar wanneer doet men nu eens iets ?? Dit bezoekje aan de verpleegster is natuurlijk een lachertje !
nog geen duidelijkheid ...Er is nog steeds geen duidelijkheid over Harry's gezondheid op dit moment.
Ik heb vanochtend, zoals afgesproken, Epafras gebeld omdat we weten dat op 27 Nov. jongstleden iemand van de Epafras foundation bij Harry op bezoek is geweest. Helaas bleek de Mevr. toch niet aanwezig te zijn vandaag. Mij werd gevraagd morgenmiddag weer terug te bellen. Ik hoop dan echt wat meer te weten te komen wat Harry's gezondheid betreft.
Met een brief van een aantal dagen geleden heeft Harry me ook een krantenartikel gestuurd. Dit artikel geeft een goede indruk van hoe ze met zieke gevangenen omgaan.
The Grand Rapids Press
by Pat Shellenbarger
(frontpage G.R.Press Nov 18th 2006)
'PEOPLE ARE DYING IN THERE EVERY DAY'
Former inmate with only months to live testifies how prison health-care system failed him.
LANSING - Lloyd Martell knows he soon will be dead from the colon cancer that has spread to his lymph nodes and lungs.
What bothers him is he could have gotten treatment that may have saved his life if a prison doctor had told him the polyp removed from his colon in December 2004 was cancerous.
At 41, he still could look forward to a full life, still could watch his two sons, ages 6 and 7, grow up.
"I'm at peace now," Martell said Thursday at a Lansing press confrence preceding a hearing on prison health care. "I'm just trying to save the next guy."
Martell, serving one to four years for fleeing Detroit-area police, who tried to stop him while he was driving on a suspended license, asked a prison doctor to remove what he thought was a hemorrhoid.
Dr. Jerome Wisneski, a Grand Rapids resident who works in Duane Waters Hospital inside the Jackson prison complex, removed the growth, assured him it was a benign polyp and sent him back to his cell, Martell said.
Eleven months later, in November 2005, Martell began bleeding from his rectum and was admitted to Jackson's Foote Hospital. That's when a doctor showed him a pathology report written when the polyp was removed nearly a year earlier.
"She told me it was stage-four colon cancer," Martell said. "I had 20 months to live. My life changed dramatically at that moment. That's when I realized I was facing a death sentence for fleeing and eluding."
In August, Martell was granted a medical parole and sent home to die. Had he been told the polyp was cancerous in December 2004, he could have gotten chemotherapy and prevented its spread, he believes.
"All he (Dr. Wisneski) had to do was tell me," Martell told a room filled with prisoners rights advocates and inmates' family members. "I'm dealing with the inevitable. Even after I'm gone, please don't stop, because people are dying in there every day."
Governor has ordered investigation.
Wisneski still works in the Jackson prison hospital for Correctional Medical Services (CMS), the for-profit company under contract with the state to provide medical care for prison inmates.
He did not return calls for comment.
State records show Wisneski's license to practise medicine was suspended in 1979 after he was charged in Grand Rapids with delivery of a controlled substance. His license was reinstated in 1981 after the Michigan Court of Appeals threw out the case, ruling he was illegally entrapped. Under its contract with the state, CMS was required to employ a number of doctors who previously worked for the Corrections Department,company spokesman Ken Fields said.
As for Wisneski, "for the past 25 years, he has maintained a full and unrestricted license in Michigan," Fields said.
Litany of complaints
Martell was among a score of former inmates, family members and others who spoke during the press conference and hearing, delivering a litany of complaints about inadequate health care in the prisons.
Dr. Allen Price, a retired physician who worked for five years in the Jackson prisons, claimed care declined after CMS took over "Setting up roadblock after roadblock is the modus operandi of Correctional Medical Services," he said.
Fields, the CMS spokesman, said the company has increased staffing since taking over prisoner care and has "developed extensive relationships with specialty providers and medical experts" near the prisons.
Prison Legal Services and the American Friends Service Committee, two nonprofit groups that advocate prisoners rights, arranged the hearing. Gov Jennifer Granholm's staff and all members of the Legislature were invited to attend, an organizer said, but only two legislative staff members showed up.
The Souders case
In August, after the death of 21-year-old inmate Timothy Joe Souders, Granholm ordered an independent investigation of health care in the prisons, but that inquiry has not begun.
Souders' death, documented in surveillance video showing him shackled to a cement table for most of four days, prompted U.S. District Judge Richard Enslen this week to reopen the mental health portion of a long-running lawsuit over the care of inmates. Enslen also ordered the Corrections Department to stop using four-point restraints to punish prisoners.
For 20 days after Souders' death, correctional officials claimed he died in his sleep, his mother, Theresa Vaughn, said at Thursday's hearing.
"I know Timothy's ordeal is not an isolated incident, as the Department of Corrections would have us believe," she said. "There is nothing the state of Michigan can do to bring my son back. I am what I am, and that is a mother who has lost a child.
I'm here to make sure no other family has to suffer the losses we have suffered or go through what we had to go through."
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