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NaphCare, Oregon Jail’s Private Healthcare Provider, Required to Disclose Records in Detox Death Suit
Loaded on July 1, 2020
by Mark Wilson
published in Prison Legal News
July, 2020, page 48
Filed under:
Private Contractors,
Drug Overdose,
Disclosure of Records,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Oregon.
by Mark Wilson
An Oregon federal court in January 2020 compelled NaphCare, Inc., the private medical care provider for the Washington County Jail (WCJ) in Hillsboro, to disclose lawsuits and financial records in a wrongful death action stemming from the June 2017 detox death of a detainee.
County officials terminated ...
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