Death Of Victor Segovia

Early Saturday morning, the 5th of March, 2011, Civil Detainee Victor Segovia died in California's Coalinga State Hospital. He had complained to medical staff of chest pains and difficulty breathing earlier in the evening but was left untreated and told to go to bed. Shortly before 4:00 a.m., he collapsed on the bathroom floor and, despite attempts by other Detainees to get him the timely medical attention he desperately needed, he did not receive it and died shortly thereafter.

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[TheLight1111]

That should never happen...treating people as though they are lesser is never an appropriate response to prejudice towards people with illness. It is clear he was having a heart attack and they did nothing.  So sad.

[leftcoastsrt04]

Good riddance