Swedish-Iranian Scientist Denied Medical
Treatment for Demanding to be
Transported With Dignity
جلوگیری از انتقال احمدرضا جلالی به بیمارستان
با وجود تجویز پزشک زندان اوین
FEBRUARY 8,
2019
Imprisoned dual national
scientist Ahmadreza Djalali was prevented from
leaving Evin Prison in Tehran for a scheduled medical appointment with a cancer
specialist because he refused to wear a prison uniform.
“During the past week he had
two blood tests that showed his bone marrow cells have weakened, indicating
a high possibility of leukemia,” his wife, Vida Mehrannia, said in an interview
from Sweden with the Center for Human Rights in Iran (CHRI) on February 6,
2019.
“On the recommendation of the
Evin Prison doctor, Ahmadreza was scheduled to see blood and cancer specialists
in a hospital on Tuesday [February 5th] but he was prevented by the prison
authorities from going because he objected to wearing prison clothes before
being dispatched ” she added.
“It has been more than a year
since Ahmadreza has become sick and extremely thin,” said his wife. “He and his
family made so many requests that on November [16, 2018,] the authorities were
finally forced to send him on an emergency basis by ambulance to a hospital
where he underwent (stomach) surgery. But he still needs treatment.”