Kevorkian gets out of prison for surgery

Detroit Free Press
Friday, February 4, 2005

BY AMBER HUNT MARTIN, FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER

Dr. Jack Kevorkian finally is out of prison — if only for a few weeks.

Kevorkian, the infamous assisted-suicide doctor convicted of poisoning a
man on national television, left his prison cell Thursday to undergo
bilateral hernia surgery, his lawyer said.

Mayer Morganroth, Kevorkian’s Southfield attorney, said his client was
given 10 minutes’ notice early Thursday that he’d be leaving for the
surgery. Morganroth didn’t know whether Kevorkian would go under the
knife Thursday or today.

“I’m really concerned,” Morganroth said. “His health is quite poor.”

In addition to the hernia, Kevorkian reportedly has hepatitis C, high
blood pressure, arthritis, a heart murmur, circulatory problems and the
beginning stages of cataracts in his eyes.

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