A doctor at a field hospital for detained Gazans at Israel’s Sde Teiman army base has described “deplorable conditions” and “routine” amputations due to handcuff injuries, according to an exclusive report from the newspaper Haaretz. In a letter to Israel’s attorney general and defense and health ministers, obtained...
This is a personal account of medical practices and healthcare behind bars, which draws on direct experiences and narrations from fellow prisoners, accumulated during eleven years in custody. It touches on issues of the relationship of medical professionals with the torture of detenus, the anarchy of everyday prison medication, frailty and death among older inmates and the proposals and prospects for prison healthcare reform. It sees a need for systemic change, but the prognosis is not optimistic. Vernon Gonsalves writes.
A great development for the family of #HenriettaLacks, as far as I’m aware this is the first time they have received compensation for the theft of her cells in the 1950’s.
Beyond the obvious #racist mistreatment and exploitation of a Black woman, the story of #HeLa raises very critical (and unresolved) questions about ownership and rights to your own “medical waste,” as it’s called.
Companies have made billions using her HeLa cells for #biomedical research, including the development of vaccines and production of biological drugs. (Even I’ve used HeLa cells in my career, not then knowing Henrietta’s story I’m embarrassed to say). But monetization of medical waste happens to this day, and the law doesn’t currently entitle you to a share of that money. It’s a glaring problem that needs legislation to address.
Read the book about her, “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” it’s well worth your time.
#SpiderHead is a film from the Black Mirror school of screenwriting. It begins in a progressive correctional facility funded by drug trials. Experimental drugs auto-injected by remote control pods, only after explicit verbal consent from the subject. What could go wrong? It's dark, no question, but like Devs, it's a thoughtful psychological thriller played out in a near-future, sci fi scenario.
Israeli doctor says detained Palestinians are undergoing ‘routine’ amputations for handcuff injuries (edition.cnn.com)
A doctor at a field hospital for detained Gazans at Israel’s Sde Teiman army base has described “deplorable conditions” and “routine” amputations due to handcuff injuries, according to an exclusive report from the newspaper Haaretz. In a letter to Israel’s attorney general and defense and health ministers, obtained...