Overview
- Melanie Kalay settled her High Court claim against the Ministry of Justice and City Health Care Partnership for an undisclosed five-figure sum.
- A coroner found repeated failures to properly assess Mr Kalay, who was discovered dehydrated, cold, confused and unable to communicate while dressed in soiled clothes.
- Officers treated soiled bedding and clothing as a 'dirty protest', began disciplinary action, and placed him in segregation, missing multiple opportunities to provide care.
- Mr Kalay contracted Covid-19 on January 8, 2021 at HMP Hull, was later taken to Hull Royal Infirmary with type one respiratory failure and stage three acute kidney injury, and died on January 19 aged 74.
- Officials expressed sorrow and referenced pandemic pressures, as the family's lawyers said staff knew he faced higher Covid risk due to ethnicity and pre-existing conditions including incontinence from spinal nerve damage.