Dr Berhanu Negga suffers from high blood pressure as well as cardiomyopathy, a heart disease which causes the heart muscles to become weaker, making it unable to pump as well as it should. He was hospitalized on 9 June after experiencing severe shortness of breath. He was however sent back to prison after 20 days, reportedly against the advice of doctors and without having been examined by a cardiologist. Doctors’ recommendations that he should be transferred to a less crowded and cleaner cell with better ventilation were also reportedly disregarded by the authorities. Reports suggest that his health has further deteriorated.