Sri Lanka, Jan. 29 -- Sri Lankan detainee Wishma Sandamali's life could have been saved at three different times before she died at an immigration facility in Japan in 2021, a doctor said in a court hearing on Wednesday.
Wishma's death at the facility in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, resulted from a combination of factors including dehydration and starvation, the doctor, Masamune Shimo, said in the Nagoya District Court hearing on a damages lawsuit filed by her bereaved family against the Japanese government over her death.
Dehydration and starvation had reduced Wishma's blood circulation and led to a vitamin B1 deficiency, which caused her to develop beriberi heart disease, Shimo said, citing diet and nursing records as well as urine and ...