At the request of the newspaper, the deaths of the Ukrainian Maksym Cheryako and Hondurans Genry Ruíz-Guillénwho were arrested at the Krome North Center in Miami-Dade, were examined by a group of specialists, among which There were cardiologists, neurologists, psychiatrists and a forensic pathologist.
Experts found evidence related to the deaths they described “as questionable medical care for the two immigrants”
Chernyak, 44, had entered the United States under a humanitarian permit but was arrested by immigration authorities last January, after being arrested by the Miami police for assault charges. On February 18 he suffered a stroke while he was in the Krome center.
According to medical reports, staff It took more than 40 minutes to call 911 After the first symptoms. The Ukrainian was declared with irreversible brain damage and died two days later. In their case, the specialists questioned the delay in their attention.
“In neurology we have a saying: ‘Time is brain‘, which means that every minute that a stroke is not treated implies the loss or damage of brain tissue, ”Altof Saadi, a neurologist at the General Hospital of Massachusetts and associate professor of neurology at Harvard University, told the newspaper.
For his part, Ruíz-Guillén, 29, died After presenting confusion and seizures. The autopsy showed “complications of schizoofective disorder”, but experts observed what there were “too many“Medications in your system.
They also found that the Hondurans possibly suffered a condition called Rabdomiólysis, which can be deadly and “develop in people who have undergone immobilization”Said Michael Baden, who was a forensic doctor in New York City.
In both cases, forensic reports indicated that The deaths were the product of “natural causes.”
Maksym Chernyak and Genry Ruiz-Guillen died in ICE centers in Miami due to medical care failures. The slow response to emergencies and diagnoses questioned highlight serious deficiencies. pic.twitter.com/av7llitcti
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