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Denial of medical treatment caused prisoner’s TB death, lawyer claims

Melissa Sasidaran from Lawyers for Liberty speaks to policemen at Sungai Buloh Hospital. — Picture via Twitter/Melissa_ms

Proosothaman was only brought to Sungai Buloh Hospital on May 21 and died four days later from multiple organ failure due to TB. Melissa questioned if Sungai Buloh prison authorities had implemented proper medical and quarantine procedures, pointing out that TB is a highly infectious disease.

 

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