From Chron:
Robert Barfield recalled Wednesday all of the times the medical staff with the state Department of Correction continued to deny his request to receive life-saving drugs that could cure Hepatitis C.
“I kept telling medical officials it’s not even an issue whether you are supposed to treat me,” the 53-year-old Barfield said in an interview. “Of course, they were supposed to treat me. I told them I would take them to court and it would cost them money.
Six years ago, Barfield was serving a decades-long sentence in Connecticut for an attempted murder in Nevada due to a prisoner exchange pact. He knew he had contracted Hepatitis C, a viral infection that ravages the liver and could cause liver cancer or death if untreated. He also knew he was running out of time. Continue reading >>>
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