Canadian denied critical surgery in Spanish jail, says wife | Canada | News | Toronto Sun

Canadian denied critical surgery in Spanish jail, says wife | Canada | News | Toronto Sun: "Sheree Halliday from Digby, N.S., said her husband, Philip, has had a gall-bladder infection since he was arrested a year ago, and if he doesn't have surgery soon, he could die.

“He's deteriorating on a daily basis ... he has constant pain,” said the mother of two and nurse of 36 years. “It's a real possibility at this point that he could die.

“When he eats he gets sick — fever and nauseated, and he gets the shakes.”

Last March, retired fisherman Philip Halliday took his friend up on an offer for a two-week job as a crew member aboard the Destiny Express.

But on Dec. 20, 2009, Spanish authorities boarded the vessel and found 1.5 tonnes of cocaine in the ship's hold. They charged the 54-year-old Canadian with drug trafficking.

His wife maintains he had no idea there were drugs aboard the ship. He's been in custody for a year, and she still has no idea when his trial will be. It could be another three years before he gets a trial date.

Halliday said her husband's been transferred three times, but his medical records were never transferred with him. At each new prison, he had to see a new doctor and get the same tests he'd already had. And each time, he went back to the bottom of the surgery waiting list."

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