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Joaquin Castro: “A boy had blood in his stool and was only given laxatives.”

Featuring: Joaquin Castro, Democratic | U.S. House Texas, 20th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 18:58

Now anybody that's taken ibuprofen or one of those drugs over the counter drugs, you know on that label that it says that you should only take that drug a certain number of days because if not it … A boy had blood in his stool and was only given laxatives. … conditions that are worsening because of lack of medical treatment and because these people are not taken seriously because they're not treated as fully human. (18:58–19:10)

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Asserts that a boy with blood in his stool at Dilley was only given laxatives as treatment.

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