Illegal in coma set to be returned to Mexico; Family Objects
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Illegal in coma set to be returned to Mexico; Family Objects
The family of the illegal has hired lawyers to prevent this man from being sent back home for continued treatment.
How far do we the taxpayers have to go? What do we owe this man except a free trip back home?
Of course the local paper does not use the word "illegal" in their headline
Undocumented immigrant in coma set to be returned to Mexico
A 30-year-old Mexican man in a coma at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago has ignited a dispute over a little-known practice at hospitals—sending medically needy undocumented immigrants back to their countries of origin.
The disagreement revolves around Francisco Pantaleon, who arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago and suffered a severe brain hemorrhage in mid-July, according to his sister Socorro. A father of two, Pantaleon worked at a carwash and has no health insurance, she said.
The medical center believes there is "little hope for recovery," according to a statement released Tuesday, and officials arranged for Pantaleon to be transferred to a hospital in Acapulco at UIC's expense. An official said his immediate family consented to the move.
But Pantaleon's sister and cousin are protesting that arrangement and have retained lawyers in hopes of preventing it. "This is an injustice," said his sister, who worries that Pantaleon won't survive the trip or find adequate care in Mexico.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-patient-deportaug20,0,1937823.story
How far do we the taxpayers have to go? What do we owe this man except a free trip back home?
Of course the local paper does not use the word "illegal" in their headline
Undocumented immigrant in coma set to be returned to Mexico
A 30-year-old Mexican man in a coma at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago has ignited a dispute over a little-known practice at hospitals—sending medically needy undocumented immigrants back to their countries of origin.
The disagreement revolves around Francisco Pantaleon, who arrived in the U.S. 11 years ago and suffered a severe brain hemorrhage in mid-July, according to his sister Socorro. A father of two, Pantaleon worked at a carwash and has no health insurance, she said.
The medical center believes there is "little hope for recovery," according to a statement released Tuesday, and officials arranged for Pantaleon to be transferred to a hospital in Acapulco at UIC's expense. An official said his immediate family consented to the move.
But Pantaleon's sister and cousin are protesting that arrangement and have retained lawyers in hopes of preventing it. "This is an injustice," said his sister, who worries that Pantaleon won't survive the trip or find adequate care in Mexico.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/features/lifestyle/health/chi-patient-deportaug20,0,1937823.story
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Re: Illegal in coma set to be returned to Mexico; Family Objects
red states rule wrote:Of course the local paper does not use the word "illegal" in their headline
*ILLEGAL ALIEN* in coma set to be returned to Mexico
There, I fixed the headline to read the way it should have read.
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