Political Prisoner and former Black Panther Seth Hayes having Serious Medical Crisis

Submitted to It’s Going Down

This is not your typical call in/action alert.

Seth Hayes has been in prison for over 40 years and has lost many parole hearings in a row since 1998.He has been suffering from uncontrolled diabetes for over 15 years now. His sugars go up very high, then down so low he that he falls into a diabetic coma. He has had 3 such code blue diabetic comas in the past 2 months. Each diabetic coma he goes into could end in death if not noticed and treated right away. This is not a joke. Seth can fall into a coma and then slip away. We find this unacceptable.

Our demand is simple: give Seth an insulin pump/sugar monitor IMMEDIATELY to avert these near fatal incidents.

He has just recently been seen by an outside Endocrinologist who recommended he be issued the device. The NYS DOCCS is aware of the situation and is moving in the right direction but it is not fast enough; we cannot afford to have another incident of low sugar. The last coma just happened earlier this week and Seth had to spend the night in the hospital. The sugar monitor sends a loud warning if his sugars are beginning to get either too high or too low and the pump allows him to use small dosages of insulin when needed along with his eating schedule and daily activity.

We are asking for you to call, fax and write to demand immediate provision of an Insulin Pump/Sugar Monitor to Robert Seth Hayes 74A2280.  Seth needs this device immediately!

PHONE and FAX THIS DEMAND TO:

Carl J. Koenigsmann M.D.
Deputy Commissioner/Chief Medical Officer
NYS DOCCS Division of Health Services
Harriman State Campus, Building #2
1220 Washington Avenue
Albany, New York 12226-2050

Phone: 518-457-7073
Fax: 518-445-7553

Show Seth some love:

Robert Seth Hayes #74A2280
Sullivan Correctional Facility
P.O. Box 116
Fallsburg, NY 12733-0116