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Title: HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States
Post by: Natasha on June 04, 2008, 03:52:02 AM
HIV/AIDS Services for Immigrants Detained by the United States

http://hrw.org/english/docs/2008/06/02/usdom18999.htm
6/3/2008

"Opportunistic infections can be fatal. Victoria Arellano, a
23-year-old transgendered detainee, vomited blood and became too weak
to sit up in her bunk as her condition became critical. According to
witnesses, detention center authorities – including medical staff –
ignored her symptoms and suffering, and Ms. Arellano died of
meningitis after 8 weeks in immigration detention."