American Mikhail Grafma dead from 'Kidney failure', SHV

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American Mikhail Grafma dead from 'Kidney failure', SHV

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Previously arrested in late december for the the production of meth,https://cambodiaexpatsonline.com/newswor ... 12148.html, while held in provincial jail, the retired 'doctor' showed withdrawal symptoms and was brought the the Referral hospital on the 12th, and died this afternoon (at the Referal Hospital). It's suspected he died from long term kidney damage due to drugs.
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Ville - male foreigner whose name was MIKHAIL GRAFAM born on 05-06-1964 nationality (American) occupation MD (retired), died at Sihanoukville Referral (medical banana field) on the afternoon of January 13, 2017 this. Beth poverty report of the cops said that foreigners who dies, there are the order to temporarily detained in provincial prisons as the culprits in case produce illegal substances behind force expert arrested on 27-12-2016. Cops confirmed that
On 12-01-2017 Time 14:20 minutes by foreigners has symptoms: abnormal (drug addicts), were also transported sent to hospital provinces that when the Day 13-01-2017 Time 13:15 minutes died to that from examination of Dr. Sim devoted doctor treating said that the bodies killed by the kidney and there are substances in the body.
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Wow. Interesting.
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makes a change from heart attack
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Holy shit. What a dramatic ending for him in Cambodia. Probably the best thing that could happen to him now, all things considered.

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The death of somebody involved in drug production & dealing must count as good news I guess ?
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Ketamine fucks up your kidneys, I read somewhere that a surprising number of medical staff get their kicks from it.
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The article seems to suggest that Grafman may have died from untreated drug withdrawal...
US man dies in custody in S’ville
Mon, 16 January 2017
Leonie Kijewski and Niem Chheng

One of five foreigners arrested in Sihanoukville on Christmas Eve for drug production, trafficking and possession, died in custody on Friday afternoon.

US citizen Michael Grafman, 52, was brought to the Sihanoukville Referral Hospital on Thursday, where he died of “drug abuse and chronic renal failure” the next day, according to his death certificate.

Doctor Sim Pheakdey said that “when he was transferred in, he was conscious, but disoriented ... We tried to help, but his condition was too serious.”

Pin Sokhom of Friends International’s Mith Samlanh program, which sometimes works with addicts, pointed out that inmates could suffer withdrawal symptoms if they were addicted to drugs and not given sufficient health care.

This was echoed via email by Choub Sok Chamroeun, executive director of NGO Khana, who doubted that prisons were sufficiently equipped to deal with those health risks.

He added that it could be life threatening if a drug user’s health history was unknown to prison staff – something that needed to be changed, he said, for health care providers to be able to respond quickly in case of emergency.

Medical care should include, for example, “daily dosing for methadone maintenance therapy (MMT)” in place of heroin injections.

He added that the government needed to take this issue into account in its current drug crackdown initiative. “I have no objection to the Anti-Drug Campaign of the government, but in the meantime, the right to health care of those addicts need [sic] to be ... provided [for] ... through international best practices,” he said.

“Using the legal measures will not help the drug addicts to stay abstinence [sic] or giving up the use of it,” he added.

After the arrests, Grafman was charged with drug production and trafficking, while three others were charged only with trafficking, according to local anti-drug department police official Sun Sophat.

Czech media reported that charges of trafficking against a Czech national had been dropped to possession. The last person arrested in the group, a Finnish national, was released after questioning by the court and blood tests came back negative.

Attempts to reach provincial police and the US Embassy by phone yesterday were unsuccessful. Sam Sophal, chief of the Sihanoukville prison, declined to comment.
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