Doctor: veins of obese Ohio inmate inaccessible

COLUMBUS, Ohio A doctor says the veins of an obese Ohio inmate condemned to die are inaccessible and questions whether he could be injected with lethal drugs.

Ohio State medical center anesthesiologist Sergio Bergese says veins on inmate Ronald Post's forearms are inaccessible from scarring from a suicide attempt.

Bergese also said in a Thursday court filing he could not find veins in Post's hands, and says it's unlikely Post could be injected in his legs because of his weight. The doctor says Post weighs more than 400 pounds.

• Ronald Post, Ohio death row inmate, wants his execution delayed because he is too obese

Post wants a judge to stop his January execution on the grounds his weight could cause him to suffer severe pain during the procedure. The state opposes the request.

Post is to die for the 1983 slaying of Helen Vantz in Elyria.

[--Heartfelt--]

Starve him till he is skinnier OR use the veins in his feet or use his carotid artery. Who cares if it hurts? Actually I hope it's horrible pain before he dies. BTW why do we let prisoners eat enough to become obese???

[ttipbc]

Who cares if he suffers severe pain? Hit him in the head with a sledgehammer.

[jody1641]

I've been in the medical field for well over 20 yrs. Give the job of finding a vein to a nurse. Drs typically are not very good. I volunteer to find the a vein.. No problem. If not then shoot the bast88rd. Much cheaper 50-75 cents versus all the nonsense we are hearing. Put this coward out of OUR misery.

[JJ-JM]

Use a firing squad, then.

[v54fred]

I agree JJ-JM just shoot him and end all the expense he is costing us tax payers.