Tokyo immigration authorities prevented a Turkish detainee from seeing a doctor for nearly a whole day despite him suffering acute abdominal pain that was later diagnosed as appendicitis and peritonitis, his supporters said Monday.Doctors said the man could have died if his peritonitis had further progressed to sepsis and warned against detention center officials making medical decisions.The 29-year-old man developed symptoms and asked for medical assistance June 3 last year, but officials at the Tokyo Regional Immigration Bureau only took him to a separate room, saying they would "monitor"…READ FULL ARTICLE
