A-Infos (en) Peltier Medical Emergency

[Graeme Bacque <gbacque@arcos.org>]

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 Date: Mon, 23 Feb 1998 21:36:31 -0500 (EST)
 From: cdumas <cdumas@top.monad.net>
 Subj: Peltier Medical Emergency
 
 
 LETTERS ARE URGENTLY NEEDED
   Leonard Peltier's medical condition is serious and can only worsen as
 time goes on. Prison authorities continue to stall refusing him to
 access to specialized and independent medical diagnosis and treatment.
 Following the torturous and life threatening experiences at Springfield
 Medical Center during 1966 Leonard is holding fast - refusing treatment
 and surgery by prison-appointed medical staff. He is suffering
 tremendously with severe headaches from his jaw; that can not close
 with a permanent 1/2 inch space between his upper and lower teeth. He
 has to mash his food in order to eat, and the prison doesn't
 accommodate to his diet. This has been going one for more than a year
 and 1/2.
   Dr. Eugne Keller a medical specialist in oral and maxillofacial
 surgery at the renowned Mayo clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, has agreed
 to take Leonard as a patient and has written directly to the prison
 Warden of Leavenworth Prison. To date, Dr. Keller has not received an
 answer. In the past Federal prisoners have been transferred from the
 Federal Medical Facility in Rochester, MN and sent to Mayo Clinic for
 treatment.
   Meanwhile, we have found out that Leonard does NOT have any strain
 of hepatitis virus. sometime ago a physician's assistant told him that
 test done months prior had been "miss read" by the doctor who informed
 Leonard that he was in fairly good health. This physician's assistant
 insisted that Leonard had hepatitis B and told him that the disease was
 untreatable and would eventually kill him. This caused Leonard a great
 deal of mental and emotional anguish. NO new blood test was ordered at
 that time.
   Due to a tremendous amount of pressure by concerned citizens,  a
 new blood test was finally ordered and concluded that Leonard DOES NOT
 have Hepatitis B. This situation is a reminder that prison staff
 continue to torture and harass him with false information."

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