"...eight OB-GYNs and an emergency physician who specializes in detainee care reviewed 200 pages of Pedro Fancisco’s medical records shared with The Texas Tribune and agreed that she is at 'high risk' for a medical emergency and urgently requires surgery. The experts said that her treatment in ICE detention amounts to medical malpractice because it fails to provide the industry’s standard of care and contradicts what external doctors recommended."
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Woman detained by ICE wrongfully denied surgery, doctors say
Andrea Pedro Francisco was scheduled to have surgery to remove an ovarian cyst in February but was detained by ICE, which has repeatedly denied her surgery. Nine doctors who reviewed her case said she’s at risk of a medical emergency.Rebekah Allen (The Texas Tribune)