AMED - Pointing out that the lives of prisoners with dialysis patients are at risk, MED TUHAD-FED executive Orhan Işık said: “A serious public opinion must be created and these patients must be treated.”
According to outdated data from the Human Rights Association (IHD), there are 561 seriously ill prisoners in prisons. At least 7 of them have to undergo dialysis due to the failure of their kidneys. Prisoners on dialysis face many difficulties, from hospital transfers to access to diet food. However, their release is postponed due to the reports of the Forensic Medicine Institution (ATK) that they “can stay in prison”.
THEY UNDERGO DIALYSIS 12 HOURS A WEEK
Orhan Işık, executive director of the MED Federation of Legal and Solidarity Associations of Families of Prisoners and Convicts (MED TUHAD-FED), who is himself undergoing dialysis treatment, explained the difficulties faced by prisoners on dialysis. Pointing out that people who have to undergo dialysis also face many difficulties outside, “Dialysis patients have to undergo dialysis 3 times a week for 4 hours. This routine continues until organ donation takes place. While I myself can hardly do this outside, I cannot even imagine what difficulties the patients inside have to face. Therefore, we say that dialysis patients must be evacuated as soon as possible and their treatment must continue outside.”
DIET FOOD PROBLEM
Emphasizing that dialysis patients should also pay attention to what they eat, Işık stressed that diet products are difficult to find. Işık said: “In addition, the channels opened in their arms, which we call fixtures, are also a serious problem. This fixture is one of the elements that dialysis patients need to protect. The slightest violence, the slightest strain or blockage means that the patient cannot dialyze for 2 weeks. Because of all these, prison conditions are not suitable for dialysis patients in any way.”
Emphasizing that dialysis patients must be released as soon as possible for their treatment, Işık said: “Severely ill prisoners must be released as soon as possible. Dialysis patient prisoners are at the top of this list. A serious public opinion must be created and these patients must be treated as soon as possible.”