The tragic death of Maksym Chernyak, a Ukrainian immigrant who suffered a stroke due to delayed medical response at Krome North Service Processing Center, highlights severe issues within ICE detention healthcare. Chernyak, 44, died after staff took over 40 minutes to call for help following his stroke. This incident follows the death of another detainee, Genry Ruiz-Guillen, raising concerns about medical neglect. With four fatalities at Florida immigration facilities in recent months, an investigation indicates alarming patterns of inadequate medical care for detainees.
"In neurology we have a saying that is 'time is brain' - meaning that every minute a stroke is not treated is brain tissue lost or damaged," said Altaf Saadi, a neurologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and associate professor of neurology at Harvard University.
While the Miami-Dade Medical Examiner Department ruled that both men died of 'natural' causes, a Miami Herald investigation found evidence of what experts described as questionable medical care for the two immigrants.
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