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Oregon Prison Officials Treat Heart Failure with Antacid, Tylenol, Heat Pack
Loaded on June 15, 2010
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
June, 2010, page 32
In May 2007, Katherine Anderson was sentenced to 26 months in prison for embezzling $2,400 from her employer, a non-profit agency. She was sent to Oregon’s Coffee Creek Correctional Facility (CCCF). The 31-year-old mother of four was released 17 months later with a replacement heart valve, a shortened life span ...
Filed under:
Medical Misconduct,
Medical,
Systemic Medical Neglect,
Cardiovascular,
Misdiagnosis,
Malpractice.
Location:
Oregon.
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