US EditionHaitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
Emmanuel Damas died from sepsis after an untreated tooth infection in ICE custody; he is one of at least nine detainees who have died this year, family says.
- A Haitian man, Emmanuel Damas, died in US immigration custody after his toothache went untreated for months, according to his brother Presly Nelson.
- Damas was held at the Florence Correctional Center in Arizona, where Nelson says staff did not take his brother's complaints seriously, despite it being a treatable condition.
- Nelson expressed disbelief at the lack of medical care in the US, saying "as a medical person, I am absolutely appalled that there were medical-licensed people that were working there and allowed those things to happen.
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Haitian Detainee Dies While Held at Arizona Immigration Center
Phoenix, Arizona — A Haitian immigrant died after months in U.S. immigration detention, with family members saying a tooth infection went untreated before he was hospitalized. Emmanuel Damas, 56, had been held at the Florence Correctional Center in Arizona after entering federal custody in September. According to his brother, Presly Nelson, Damas reported severe tooth pain to medical staff in mid-February but was not taken to a dentist for treat…
Haitian man dies in ICE custody with untreated toothache, brother says
PHOENIX — A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday.
Haitian man dies in U.S. immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
PHOENIX — A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months died at a hospital Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated, the man’s brother said Wednesday. Read more...
Haitian man dies in US immigration custody due to untreated toothache, brother says
Emmanuel Damas, who had been confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months, died on Monday after a tooth infection was left untreated. Damas is among at least nine people who have died in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody this year.
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Haitian man dies in US immigration custody with untreated toothache, brother says
A Haitian man confined at an Arizona immigration detention center for months after the denial of his asylum application has died in the hospital.
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