Report Says Boy Who Died Was Denied Inhaler
A 13-year-old boy who died after being restrained at a state-run camp for troubled youngsters had told counselors he needed his asthma inhaler about an hour before he stopped breathing, records show.
Travis Parker was restrained at the Appalachian Wilderness Camp in Cleveland, Ga., for about 90 minutes on April 20 by counselors who said he was belligerent, and within 15 minutes he asked for his inhaler, said a report obtained by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
He wasn’t given the inhaler because an emergency worker saw no signs of an asthma attack, said the report by the state Department of Human Resources, which runs the camp.
The boy died the next day.
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