2024-07-28 08:49:36
The woman had to give birth in 2016 while chained to her bed and in the presence of a Gendarmerie officer.
The First Civil Court of Concepción condemned the Treasury to Pay compensation of $100 million to Lorenza Cayuhanafter having to giving birth shackled and guarded by a Gendarmerie officer in 2016.
In the ruling, Judge Paulina Astete Luna stated that Lorenza Cayuhan “was transferred in handcuffs and shackles to the Arauco Hospital, in handcuffs from Arauco to the Regional Hospital of Concepción, kept in handcuffs during the night she spent in this hospital, again transferred in handcuffs from the Regional Hospital of Concepción to the Women’s Clinic of the German Sanatoriumand the moments in which the shackle was removed at the request of medical personnel or that despite not being attached to any element, one of its ends remained on the foot of the inmate, among the latter being the one in which she gave birth, and adding that a male official was present during the performance of the Caesarean section.”
Along with this, he pointed out that The official present at the cesarean section lied, as he stated that “the other officials in charge of custody were preparing to enter the delivery, which was not true.” “They were not at the clinic as they had gone to a supermarket, omitting this information from their superiors and also that the keys to the shackle system were in the possession of one of the absent officials.”
For Judge Paulina Astete, Lorenza Cayuhan suffered moral damage, “due to the alteration that occurred in her emotional, psychological and social balance, generating a significant impact on her personal, family and social level, by keeping her shackled while giving birth, “A male official was constantly present in the delivery room and then in the operating room, even observing the gynecological examinations that were carried out on her.”