A Bayamón prison inmate dies

The appointed secretary of Correction and Rehabilitation Department (DCR), Ana Escobar Pabón, confirmed this Sunday the death of a detainee of the correctional institution 501 in Bayamón who gave positive results for COVID-19 while hospitalized for other health complications.

In this complex, the agency is witnessing an outbreak of the virus, after 143 detainees from module 1 were infected with the virus. Two of these detainees are hospitalized.

“We have the death of a member of the correctional population who, at the time he left to receive medical services, was not known to be a COVID-19 positive patient. He does not go to the hospital because of the symptoms of COVID-19, he had diseases that had to be treated in the hospital “, established the official to The new day.

Escobar Pabón pointed out that on January 2, the man was tested for viral antigens, but that he was negative. Subsequently, a molecular test performed in the hospital gave a positive result. He said the test result was received yesterday, Tuesday, and that he died in the evening of the same day.

Asked about the cause of death of the detainee, the secretary said that the death was not related to the virus.

“The doctor reporting the report does not certify that COVID-19 is due, but because of a septic ‘shock’.”, detailed for this environment. “He was a person who had a number of ailments that unfortunately triggered this,” he added, adding that he did not know if the detainee had symptoms associated with the disease.

According to the Mayo Clinic, “Sepsis is a life-threatening disease that results from a body’s reaction to an infection. Normally, the body releases chemicals into the blood to fight infections. “