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agreed, but stated that he had no authority to do so.

Care Unit Belfast. Patrick lost his life the following day.

— If indeed Dr. Hall did believe that Patrick Teer had contacted jaundice, then why was he not sent immediately to outside hospital? At 5 o’clock the same day Dr. Hall who had to examine two new arrivals called with Patrick who had by now once again lapsed into severe pain and was again screaming. That evening at lock-up the duty orderly produced two sleeping tables which Patrick did not respond to as all this time he was reeling in agony. The orderly was sent for several times throughout the night but only felt the patient's pulse. It was demanded to him that Patrick be removed to hospital as it was very plain even to a layman that Patrick was dangerously ill. The Prison Officer on duty At 7 a.m. 1st July 1974 Patrick received another injection but this made little difference to his condition. The orderly confined himself to the taking of Patrick's pulse for a long time. At 8 a.m. Patrick’s heart stopped and the untrained Prison Officer orderly commenced to massage his heart but to no effect. A doctor who did arrive did manage to revive him, some minutes later. The local camp priest was sent for but his entrance was fefused by the British Military on duty at the gate. The Cardiac Emergency Unit had arrived by this time and Patrick was taken via Lagan Valley Hospital to the RVH Intensive We the Camp Council have during this past three long years, repeatedly demanded a change in the procedure in which a man, if wishing to report sick must register his name in a book the night before if he requires the service of a doctor. We have highlighted and screamed at the tops of our-voices what the inevitable consequences would result in if proper medical facilities were not forthcoming. We have attempted to impress upon various people the damaging effect which life confined to a wire cage, crammed Nissen hut accommodation and repeated Military brutalities against Internees would have on the short term and long term. We were not listened to. Whilst politicians of all shades sing their platitudes to us regarding their pseudo concern at the British Government's failure to end Internment without trial, we the men behind the wire sing the requiem lament to our lost comrade Patrick Teer because of their inaction regarding the Internment question.

Patrick Teer must not be followed by others. We the Camp Council demand from Merlyn Rees an immediate public inquiry into the Medical arrangements at this camp. The reason why a priest of Patrick Teer’s religious denomination was prevented by armed-Military guards from giving him the last rites of his church. An inquiry into the effects which internment without trial in such a barbaric and hostile environment as Long Kesh has on the men interned there. 4% in 1972. On the other-hand i END OF STATEMENT Signed: ‘Phil McCullough -