Inmate died after jail medical staff denied him HIV medication for months, lawsuit alleges
Inmate died after jail medical staff denied him HIV medication for months, lawsuit alleges
An inmate whose HIV-positive diagnosis devolved into AIDS died because the medical staff at the jail where he was housed denied him lifesaving medication, a new federal wrongful death lawsuit alleges.
An inmate whose HIV-positive diagnosis devolved into AIDS died because the medical staff at the California jail where he was housed denied him lifesaving medication even though they had his prescription and were told he needed it to survive, a new federal wrongful death lawsuit alleges
Privatising penal and detention services is so bizarre. Does this happen a lot all over the world or just the US?
As an aside for people who may not realise, HIV isn't a big deal provided that you manage it with meds. I'd rather have HIV than say, back problems.
Due to recent advances in medication delivery, it's just 2 injections a year now.
For someone's health to deteriorate like that in just 2 months, I suspect that he wasn't able to keep up with his meds before he was arrested.
You're assuming he was on the bi-annual treatment, which I'm not sure would be the case - doubly so in the prison system.
Either way, they had a duty of care that they failed miserably - he couldn't just pop to the pharmacy to get the meds he needed to live (and help prevent a deadly disease spreading in the prison). This is entirely the prison's fault.
No, I wasn't assuming that at all. The article says he was on daily antiretrovirals when he was arrested.
My best guess is that he had very poor adherence prior to jail - perhaps extended periods without the daily needs. So he was on meds at that time, but you wouldn't say he was well managed.
Mostly supposition anyway.
I think it may be time to redefine the term "third-world country"...
Abolish Amerikkkan concentration camps
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