A convict T.C. who had been transferred from the Institution N2 of the Penitentiary
Department to the Tskhakaia National Medical Centre on January 26, 2014 at 10:20 died
two days later on January 28, 2014 at 04:30. According the medical documentation the
patient was transferred by an ambulance. According to the information provided by
the medical staff of the ambulance the patient had been vomiting blood. The review of
the medical records also reveals that the patient had been dismissed from the Hospital
of Infectious Diseases on January 25, 2014. According to the medical documentation
the patient was posthumously diagnosed with chronic Hepatitis C, liver cirrhosis, liver
insufficiency, hepatic coma, gastroduodenal bleeding, acute respiratory insufficiency,
hypovolemic shock, artificial lung ventilation, cardiac arrest.
According to the forensic report N000481714 by the Natinoal Forensics Bureau, the
death of T.C. was caused by anemia of the internal organs induced by esophageal
varices resulted from liver cirrhosis. The examination of the body revealed the
following injuries inflicted before death: a scar on the cheek to the right and in the
area of the upper lip (central and to the left), extravasations in the area above the left
eyebrow, on the outer surface of the left shoulder (mid third) and outer surface of
the right shoulder (mid third) induced by a blunt object(s) long before the death. The
injuries are qualified as light and could not have caused death.
T.C. also had scars on the outer surface of the left thigh in the upper, mid and lower
thirds, on the front surface of the left thigh in the lower and mid thirds, on the front
surface of the left thigh in the mid third and on the front surface of the left knee joint
extending to the front surface of the left shin’s upper third.
The following diagnosis is indicated in T.C’s forensic report: chronic Hepatitis C with
extensive inflammatory infiltrations and presence of necrotic strains, multiple rigid
connective tissues with the formation of false lobes, liver cirrhosis and esophageal
varices. The examination of the body revealed the presence of 0.4 cm fraction on the
enlarged vein in the third part of the esophagus with dark reddish extravasations in the
esophageal mucosae, internal bleeding with blackish blood congelation of up to 2500
ml in the stomach, masses of black in the lumens of the small and large intestines,
anemia of internal organs, ascites (presence of peritoneal liquids), presence of pleural
liquids in both cavities of up to 100 ml, post hemorrhage anemia, atherosclerotic
coronary sclerosis, myophibriosis, aortal atherosclerosis. Psychotropic substance Diazepam and painkiller Lidocaine, also Norketamine were found in the blood sample
of the deceased.
R.C.
A convict R.C died in a cell of the Institution N2 of the Penitentiary Department at
about 5:20 PM on March 8, 2014. A record made by a doctor on shift, reveals that R.C.
had pulsation on the carotid arteries, the skin was pale and the body temperature low.
The doctor performed an indirect cardiac massage but to no avail.
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