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A woman settles a High Court claim over her father’s 2021 death in HMP Hull, where delayed medical care due to staff misjudgment led to his death from Covid-19 complications.
Melanie Kalay has settled a High Court claim over her father Alpha Kalay’s 2021 death in HMP Hull prison, where he died from Covid-19 complications at age 74.
Despite known health risks from his ethnicity, spinal nerve damage, and incontinence, staff wrongly assumed his soiled clothing signaled a “dirty protest,” delaying medical care and leading to segregation.
He was later hospitalized with severe respiratory and kidney failure, dying five days after contracting the virus.
The inquest found staff failed to properly assess his condition.
The settlement, for a five-figure sum, acknowledges systemic failures without admitting fault.
The Prison Service and healthcare provider expressed sorrow, citing pandemic challenges and confidentiality limits.
Una mujer resuelve un reclamo ante el Tribunal Supremo sobre la muerte de su padre en 2021 en HMP Hull, donde la atención médica tardía debido a un error de juicio del personal condujo a su muerte por complicaciones de Covid-19.