Ranil Sanjeewa H K, Vidanapathirana Muditha
Department of Forensic Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka.
Int J Appl Basic Med Res. 2017 Oct-Dec;7(4):261-263. doi: 10.4103/ijabmr.IJABMR_14_17.
The allegations made against custodians regarding ill treatments have been increased in Sri Lanka. However, their attention is grabbed by the immediate complications of torture, but not by late or delayed complications. A 35-year-old male was arrested for alleged housebreaking and kept under police custody. He alleged that he was hanged with his hands on several occasions. Six weeks after the incident, he presented to a tertiary care hospital with the weakness of his right shoulder. Examination revealed hyperpigmented scars over the left wrist and back of the left forearm with the right-sided medial winging of the scapula. He alleged that it had affected his day-to-day life. The presence of hyperpigmented scars over the left wrist and the long-term complications such as winged scapula of the right shoulder corroborated with the alleged history of torture by suspension from the wrists.
在斯里兰卡，针对 custodians（此处可能有误，结合语境推测可能是“监护人”等类似意思）虐待行为的指控有所增加。然而，人们关注的是酷刑的直接并发症，而非晚期或延迟并发症。一名35岁男性因涉嫌入室盗窃被捕并被警方拘留。他声称自己曾多次被双手悬吊起来。事件发生六周后，他因右肩无力前往一家三级护理医院就诊。检查发现左手腕和左前臂背部有色素沉着的疤痕，右侧肩胛骨内侧有翼状肩胛。他声称这影响了他的日常生活。左手腕上色素沉着疤痕的存在以及右肩翼状肩胛等长期并发症与所声称的手腕悬吊酷刑史相吻合。
