iii.
1999
55.
On January 15, 1999, at the request of the judge, the Judiciary’s Forensic
Medicine Service performed the examination and reported that Mrs. Chinchilla showed
“awareness in terms of time, her physical surroundings and herself as a person, and has a
history of diabetes, going back several years, which is being treated with oral hypoglycemic
drugs.” The report indicated that Mrs. Chinchilla could be treated at the COF. 83
56.
On January 6, 1999, the Director of the COF reported that the inmates’ cells had
been searched and a bag had been found containing two wigs, a necklace, a bracelet, a girdle
with padded buttocks, a black dress, a white dress, a jacket with a printed design, a pair of
black shoes, a white camisole and makeup “belonging to the [inmate]: MARIA INES
CHINCHILLA.” The Center’s authorities had reportedly “heard rumors that this inmate is
planning to escape during one of her visits to the hospital, and it is presumed, from the things
that were found, that she planned this in advance. To achieve her goal, lately she has refused
to take her medication and has not followed her diet, in order to provoke high sugar levels as
she is a diabetic, and has insisted that she should be taken to hospital in an emergency,
holding us and the authorities responsible if anything happens to her.” 84
57.
On January 20, 1999, the judge decided that the permission requested by Mrs.
Chinchilla was “without merit” because the “medical examiner’s report says that she can
receive medical treatment for her diabetes at the Center where she is currently confined.” The
judge was asked to permit “the entry of the appropriate medications” into the prison, which
he authorized. The record also shows that on January 27, 1999,85 and February 3, 1999,86
Mrs. Chinchilla went to the HSJD for an appointment.
58.
On August 20, 1999, the prison doctor asked the Director of the COF to request
an examination of Mrs. Chinchilla by the medical examiner, as she “presented general poor
health and has a history of diabetes.” She said that the glucose urine test produced four
crosses, and “therefore, her blood glucose must be high.” On August 24, 1999, the judge
requested that a medical examiner be appointed. On September 9, the medical examiner
suggested that she be evaluated at the HSJD. The judge granted Mrs. Chinchilla permission
to go to the hospital on September 16, 1999.87
iv.
2000
Cf. Certification of Enforcement 429-96. Judiciary. Of. 7 Decision of the Second Criminal Enforcement Court
of January 4, 1998 (evidence file, folio 361) and Forensic Medicine Department. Communication of January 15, 1998
(evidence file, folio 365).
83
Cf. Certification of Enforcement 429-96. Women’s Orientation Center. Official letter No. 01-99-OEO.
Communication from the Director of the Women’s Orientation Center to the Director General of the Prison System of
January 6, 1999 (evidence file, folio 364).
84
Cf. Certification of Enforcement 429-96. San Juan de Dios General Hospital. Communication of January 27,
1999 (evidence file, folio 367).
85
Cf. Certification of Enforcement 429-96. Judiciary. Of. 7 Decision of the Second Criminal Enforcement Court
of January 20 and 4 February 1999 (evidence file, folios 366 and 370).
86
Cf. Certification of Enforcement 429-96. Judiciary. Women’s Orientation Center. Official Letter 074-99.
Communication from Dr. Magdalena Recinos de Barrios to the Director of the COF dated August 20, 1999; Judiciary
Of. 7 Decision of the Second Criminal Enforcement Court of August 24, 1999; Forensic Medicine Service.
Communication of September 9, 1999; and Of. 7 Decision of the Second Criminal Enforcement Court of September
13, 1999 (evidence file, folios 373 to 377).
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