Name not reported
A court-appointed expert, Dr. John Raba, described in a report filed in a federal lawsuit over medical care in Illinois prisons the death of an obese person held in a state prison. The report says the person's body was found with cockroaches crawling out of skin folds in the abdomen. Dr. Raba attributes the poor care to the contracted health provider, Wexford Health Sources. The person's name, the facility and the date of death are not given in the account.
Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness (neglect alleged). Court-appointed expert Dr. John Raba's report, filed in a federal lawsuit over Illinois prison medical care, attributes the poor care of this obese patient to contracted provider Wexford Health Sources, and says the body was found with cockroaches in skin folds.
Reported by: court-appointed expert Dr. John Raba, in a report filed in federal court (outside investigators).
Lawsuit: A federal lawsuit over medical care in Illinois prisons includes a court-appointed expert's report describing this unnamed patient's death, which the report attributes to care by Wexford Health Sources; no settlement or award is reported.