In 2016, Adil Taychi died in his cell at Sequedin remand center. According to the family and some of his colleagues, the doctor stationed at the prison ignored several alarming signs.
Did we let a man we could have saved die? This is essentially the question posed by the trial of the doctor from the Sequedin remand center, in post when Adil Taychi died on February 12, 2016. The 36-year-old man died of internal bleeding , caused by an ulcer in the liver.
“His condition had deteriorated, he was emaciated”
Adil Taychi’s condition has been deteriorating continuously since the end of 2015, with in particular a very significant weight loss in a man who is nevertheless sporty and athletic. “It had been almost a month since his condition had deteriorated, he was emaciated, his wife and I had been increasing the number of alerts.s “, indignant his lawyer, Me Riglaire, to AFP the day after the death of his client. Depressed, the detainee is sometimes virulent, antipathetic, which works against him. It is Me Riglaire who, in the name of the widow of Adil Taychi, had filed a complaint against the establishment for manslaughter and failure to assist a person in danger.
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– L’Express (@LEXPRESS) February 17, 2016
Our colleagues from the Northern voiceThey come back to a particularly painful episode: on January 19, Adil Taychi is wrong in pain on the floor of the infirmary, refusing to return to his cell. Doctor L. won’t bother to come. The professional rejects the accusations of negligence as a whole, blaming them on difficult working conditions and communication failures concerning the inmate’s health.
A year’s suspended prison sentence was requested by the public prosecutor, before the resumption of proceedings on December 8.
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