by Editor | Jun 27, 2023 | front page, Health, Inmate Stories
Corizon, the now bankrupted health insurance provider, sent this young lady to a Pediatric surgeon for a very rare congenital bone disease surgery. She should have gone to an Orthopaedic surgeon with specialized training. Corizon is only interested in saving itself...
by Editor | Jun 26, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
This is a very sad story, but unfortunately emblematic of a growing healthcare crisis at Perryville. As you may know, diabetics have trouble with their feet from this disease. We will call her Pat. For two months Pat had been in and out of medical trying to resolve a...
by Editor | Jun 25, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
The short answer is no. So why do they try? We’ve been sent names of a lieutenant, a sergeant, and even an RN, that are allegedly (according to family) trying to REFUSE an inmate asking for immediate medical attention. Nowhere in policy does it say they can do...
by Editor | Jun 24, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
Medical staff source: “We have received an unprecedented amount of grievances from patients in Perryville, regarding deliberate indifference and gross incompetence. We’ve had to divert a needed staff member to field these grievances full-time.”
by Editor | Jun 24, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure
GG was another 41-year-old looking forward to returning to her tribe and family when she received a grim diagnosis… multiple myecloma. In the weeks leading up to this, she was treated by the No Care Naphcare staff for “gas”. It was twisted irony that...
by Editor | Jun 14, 2023 | front page, Health, Infrastructure, Inmate Stories
As we have reported in earlier stories, Banner has stopped taking Naphcare insurance. This is another installment in I-dont-believe-they-did-this saga. From inmate’s email. “I had been waiting four months for an endoscopy. Finally, I knew my appointment...
