The relatives of the political prisoner Evelyn Pinto denounce that almost a year after her detention, she has still not undergone medical check-ups to determine her current state of health. The activist needs medical attention and dosing of her medicine.
“My mother is an elderly person, a cancer survivor, she suffers from chronic kidney failure, hypertension, hiatal hernia, osteoarthritis, among other diseases. She will soon be serving a year in prison and she has not yet undergone the required medical check-up to control her illnesses. She needs regular check-ups at least every two or three months », says her daughter Sylvia Nadine.
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«On March 31, in the La Esperanza Prison, where she is deprived of liberty, an internist evaluated her, this doctor, due to her faculty and professional duty, prescribed and ordered a series of medical examinations that my mother requires for the control of your illnesses and the dosage of your medications. It’s been 6 and a half months since this last prescription and they still haven’t done the tests she needs, “adds Nadine in a statement issued this afternoon.
In addition, he denounces that in this time that Pinto has been in prison he has presented muscle ailments, cramps, hypertensive crisis, symptoms of COVID-19 (unconfirmed since they did not test him for covid), respiratory infection and various allergies.
Pinto faces a sentence of eight years in prison, plus a 500-day fine, in addition to disqualifying her from holding public office. Judge Irma Oralia Laguna Cruz, of the First Trial Court of Managua, was in charge of reading the sentence to the hostage of conscience for the alleged crimes of “conspiracy to undermine national integrity” and cybercrimes.
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The political prisoner is part of the group of hostages of conscience of the third age of the Nicaraguan regime. She is part of the list of opposition women held captive for political reasons in the different prison systems of the country.
His relatives reiterate that they have offered “different ways for the tests to be carried out, and to finance/pay for them, but there is no response from the prison. Keeping her and her family unaware of her health situation is a torture that we experience every day, denying her human right to decent health. We consult each ailment with the doctor who treated her before being detained, but we go blindly ».
Given this reason, they demand “specialized medical attention and the performance of specialized tests: for their chronic kidney failure and hormonal controls for being a cancer survivor. And we stand by our demand for their immediate and unconditional release. This health condition of my mother; She is also lived by several political prisoners, older adults and those with chronic diseases », her relatives denounce.
