The healthcare provider that has been accused of medical negligence and gross medical neglect has been replaced by another company within the past couple of days. But the cases of alleged medical neglect are subjects of scrutiny.

A Man Shouts for Help but is Ignored by a Nurse with the Medical Provider

A 50-year-old man was the next inmate who allegedly suffered from medical neglect. He was in jail because of an old shoplifting charge. He suffered from heart and kidney failure, schizophrenia, and diabetes. He fell when he was in the jail infirmary. He shouted for help, but the nurse ignored him, saying he was looking for attention.

Hours later, the inmate who had fallen was pronounced deceased.

A 31-year-old inmate died at the jail after being repeatedly pepper sprayed and tased by detention deputies. The man was mentally ill.

More Complaints

More complaints about the healthcare provided have been reported, as follows.

• Nurses repeatedly failed to administer daily medications, including to units in the jail that house people with the most serious mental health needs.
• The company providing healthcare for the jail failed to keep a psychiatrist on its payroll full-time, though it was in the contract that a psychiatrist would be at the jail 40 hours per week.
• There were 600 unanswered grievances about the jail’s medical staff.

Learn more in Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this continuing series.

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–Guest Contributor