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Medical reports
59.
On January 16, 2002, Ms. Victoria Vilcapoma Taquia asked the Central Military Hospital
Luis Arias Schreiber for the medical report of her son, Corporal Quispealaya Vilcapoma, which had been
prepared by the Department of Ophthalmology of the Military Hospital.34 The Medical Report that was
sent on January 25, 2002 indicated that on July 14, 2001, the soldier Valdemir Quispeayala Vilcapoma
was admitted to the Central Military Hospital and it concluded that the patient had “effects of a severe
traumatic injury that was very advanced, and in light of the time that has passed, it has prevented him
from recovering his vision . . .”35 By way of background, the medical report stated that “On December 5,
2000, he suffered a casual blow with the handle of an FAL in the right eye, producing a diminishment of
sharpness of vision. On January 26, 2001 he received another blow with the butt of a FAL in his
forehead and around the right eye, and the diminishment of sharpness of vision and pain in the right
eye was accentuated.”36
60.
On June 11, 2002, the Medical-legal Institute of Huancayo issued a medical certificate at
the request of the Second Provincial Attorney General of Huancayo for injuries, in which it was
concluded that at that date, Mr. Quispealaya “presented total and permanent loss of vision in his right
eye, caused by advanced, post-traumatic cataracts and glaucoma, which is related to the data.”37 In
relation to this data, the aforementioned certificate indicated specifically: “[The patient] indicates that
on December 5, 2000 he injured himself accidentally with the barrel of an FAL in his right eye, that it
caused the sharpness of his vision to diminish, not having medical treatment. And on January 26, 2001,
he suffered a physical assault by an acquaintance with the butt of an FAL in the right region of his face,
causing greater diminishment of his vision.”38
61.
Similarly, on June 11, 2002, a forensic psychological evaluation was performed on
Valdemir Quispealaya Vilcapoma by the Medical-legal Institute of the Medical Legal Division of
Huancayo of the Office of Public Prosecutions.39 The report states that Mr. Quispealaya indicated that
on January 26, 2001, a noncommissioned officer physically assaulted him with the butt of an FAL, “this
person was always abusing him and on other occasions had beat him with a stick, he did not tell anyone
because this person had threatened him. He claims that he currently feels worried for his mother,
because he thinks that something could happen to her because at this moment, he cannot take care of
her.” 40 Regarding the analysis and interpretation of the results, the psychological report indicates that
34
Annex 6. Memorandum No. 389-09/15.07 signed by Ruperto Vizcarra Curz, General Brigade Medical Director of the
HMC. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
35
Annex 8. Medical Report signed by Felix P. Zapana Calisaya, Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology of the HMC,
of January 25, 2002. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
36
Annex 8. Medical Report signed by Felix P. Zapana Calisaya, Chief of the Department of Ophthalmology of the HMC,
of January 25, 2002. Annex 7 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
37
Annex 9. Medical-legal Certificate No. 006502-L of the Office of Public Prosecutions, Institute of Legal Medicine,
Medical-legal Division of Huancayo. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
38
Annex 9. Medical-legal Certificate No. 006502-L of the Office of Public Prosecutions, Institute of Legal Medicine,
Medical-legal Division of Huancayo. Annex 10 of the petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
39
Annex 10. Forensic Psychological Examination No. 006503-02-MP-FN-IML of June 11, 2002. Annex 11 of the
petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.
40
Annex 10. Forensic Psychological Examination No. 006503-02-MP-FN-IML of June 11, 2002. Annex 11 of the
petitioners’ communication of February 5, 2006.