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Medical Care Still Deficient in Texas Prisons
Loaded on Dec. 15, 2002
by Gary Hunter
published in Prison Legal News
December, 2002, page 1
Deficient medical care at the unit level has Texas prisons incubating a new, more virulent strain of HIV. Dr. William Obrien is one of the most noted doctors on staff with the University of Texas Medical Branch. (UTMB) Over a year ago he discovered that "patients in the Texas prison …
Filed under:
Medical,
HIV/AIDS,
Medication,
Medical Experiments/Exploitation,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Private Contractors,
Medical Records,
Disclosure of Records,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Texas.
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