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Untreated Dental Infection Kills California Prisoner
Loaded on April 15, 2005
published in Prison Legal News
April, 2005, page 20
A 41 year-old prisoner at the California State Prison (Solano) in Vacaville died six days after having a tooth extracted, when prison medical staff failed to treat his resulting infection.
Filed under:
Medical,
Dental Care,
Medical Expenses,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
California.
Anthony Shumake, sentenced to 12 years, 8 months in 2000, had an abscessed tooth pulled on June 22,2004. Unfortunately, an …
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