Ignoring any human being who is coughing up blood and begging for medical help has no place in a civilised country.
Yet that appears to be exactly what happened in the case of Calum Inglis, a prisoner at HMP Addiewell, in West Lothian, who later died of Covid-19.
His family say the 34-year-old repeatedly asked for help for four days but died alone and in agony.
