Women prisoners prevented from receiving medical attention
Women prisoners prevented from receiving medical attention
Zeynep Kuray is one of the 35 journalists in prison since December 20. She was arrested along other 49 media workers in the context of the so called KCK (Kurdish Communities Union) operation. She is in Bakýrköy Prison for Women and Juveniles from where she sent this article.
The political prisoners in Bakýrköy Prison for Women and Juveniles are arbitrarily prevented by prison’s commanders from receiving medical treatment.
KCK detainee Songül Çelik who faces the risk of cancer if not ensured medical treatment for the masses in her both breasts was brought back to the prison without receiving any treatment at Bakýrköy State Hospital where the prison’s male commander didn’t leave the examination room and thus prevented Çelik’s treatment by the doctor on January 5,2012.
Paying no attention to the privacy between patient and doctor, this arbitrary manner has also violated the Triple Protocol Regarding the Treatment of Arrestees and Prisoners which says that soldiers should stand at a distance to not to see and hear the patient during the examination of an arrestee.
The medical condition of Songül Çelik, who underwent a surgery in 2006 with the diagnosis of a mass in her right breast, became more serious with the spread of her disease to both of her breasts. Çelik was taken in to custody and sent to prison as a result of simultaneous raids carried out within the scope of so-called “KCK” operations on October 4,2011.
Çelik, remarking that the doctor had done nothing but to watch the discussion between her and the commander during the treatment on January 5, said the followings; “Following my first examination when I was told that I urgently needed to have mammography and an ultrasound scan, I was sent to Bakýrköy State Hospital in handcuffs on January 5th. However, the male commander who brought me to the examination room didn’t leave the room despite all my insistence. While the commander pedantically responded to my objection saying that ‘it is up to you whether to accept or not’, the main thing was that the doctor just watched us and didn’t intervene in the situation.”
Çelik, noting that she had given a complaint petition to the prison administration, underlines that the prison administration and the doctor will be the responsible should her disease advance and worsen her state of health.
The political prisoners in Bakýrköy Prison for Women and Juveniles are arbitrarily prevented by prison’s commanders from receiving medical treatment.
KCK detainee Songül Çelik who faces the risk of cancer if not ensured medical treatment for the masses in her both breasts was brought back to the prison without receiving any treatment at Bakýrköy State Hospital where the prison’s male commander didn’t leave the examination room and thus prevented Çelik’s treatment by the doctor on January 5,2012.
Paying no attention to the privacy between patient and doctor, this arbitrary manner has also violated the Triple Protocol Regarding the Treatment of Arrestees and Prisoners which says that soldiers should stand at a distance to not to see and hear the patient during the examination of an arrestee.
The medical condition of Songül Çelik, who underwent a surgery in 2006 with the diagnosis of a mass in her right breast, became more serious with the spread of her disease to both of her breasts. Çelik was taken in to custody and sent to prison as a result of simultaneous raids carried out within the scope of so-called “KCK” operations on October 4,2011.
Çelik, remarking that the doctor had done nothing but to watch the discussion between her and the commander during the treatment on January 5, said the followings; “Following my first examination when I was told that I urgently needed to have mammography and an ultrasound scan, I was sent to Bakýrköy State Hospital in handcuffs on January 5th. However, the male commander who brought me to the examination room didn’t leave the room despite all my insistence. While the commander pedantically responded to my objection saying that ‘it is up to you whether to accept or not’, the main thing was that the doctor just watched us and didn’t intervene in the situation.”
Çelik, noting that she had given a complaint petition to the prison administration, underlines that the prison administration and the doctor will be the responsible should her disease advance and worsen her state of health.
