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A Report on the Health Condition of Jailed Dervishes

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Eventually, despite the interference of the judicial and prison authorities on the health issues of the jailed Gonabadi Dervish prisoners, Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani and Mostafa Daneshjou after long and severe enduring of hardships and diseases, the former underwent an operation, and the latter the coronary angiography, respectively.
According to Majzooban Noor, Hamid-Reza Moradi Sarvestani, 51 years old, Dervish rights activist and the manager of Majzooban Noor Website, after three months of waiting to take the authority, has been transferred from Shohada eTajrish Hospital to Sina Hospital and then underwent the surgery.
This surgery carried out by Dr. Zafarghandi and his medical team which took about four and half. Needless to say, the operation was carried out after two years while due to the cessation of treatment, the condition of the mentioned Dervish, Hamid-Reza Moradi, had been deteriorating.
It should be mentioned that, judge Salavati who sentenced this Dervish rights activist to ten years and six months in prison, several times with no reason refused him to be dispatched to medical clinics and even two times he was sent back to the Evin prison from the hospital by force.

Moreover, Mostafa Daneshjou, the other jailed Dervish lawyer who had been put on trial in absentia by judge Salavati to seven years and six months in jail, also after four months of waiting to take the permit, was sent to Tehran Heart center Hospital and after the angiography treatment has been sent back to Shohada e Tajrish Hospital again.
The results of angiography show that, his disease was diagnosed as coronary artery, afterward, on the advice of the doctors, a period of cardiac and respiratory rehabilitation was prescribed to him. But because the mentioned Hospital lacks this sort of equipment concerning rehabilitation, so, he should be sent to Milad state-run hospital.

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The report adds, Afshin Karampour another jailed Dervish lawyer who had been also put on trial in absentia and has been sentenced to seven years and six months in jail, is already under the treatment and the doctors will be taking decision about his surgery after the termination of this period.
Mr. Karampour who suffers from a severe neck and back pain, his cervical vertebrae and spine got severely hurt in jail.
The mentioned Dervish was deprived of medical treatments for two years until his lumbar vertebrae got severely injured so that he had to use wheelchair.