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27 Aug 2007, 11:25 pm
UTMB is responsible for most inmates' care, but rather than adequately staff prison medical facilities, they've relied on this gimmick they've dubbed "telemedicine" to give medical care through video conferencing systems.The result: UTMB's Ben Raimer testified to the Texas Legislature last year that they were "very close" to providing unconstitutionally poor levels of health care. [read post]
20 May 2010, 3:49 pm
Here's a little more detail from a FAQ on UTMB's home page explaining which medical staff at Texas prisons are getting the axe:• What is the breakdown of the reduction in force by position types? [read post]
24 Jan 2008, 5:03 am
Ben Raimer from UTMB says more than 50% of physician slots at UTMB are vacant!! [read post]
13 May 2010, 4:27 am
Here's a startling punch in the gut for state budget writers and prison managers, as reported by Mike Ward at the Austin Statesman ("Prison health care could be cut with budget," May 13):An early casualty of impending state budget cuts could be the health care contract that serves most of Texas' 154,000 prison convicts.Top officials at the University of Texas System, whose Galveston medical branch provides the health services, are threatening to cancel the contract… [read post]
17 Oct 2011, 5:12 am
At a minimum, TDCJ isn't staffed up to provide supervision over prison health workers, and probably doesn't have the expertise on staff to do so. [read post]
25 Jan 2008, 9:49 am
Robert Deuell, R-Greenville, himself a physician, demanded to know why low-level medical staff were making life and death decisions in the Cox case, apparently without help from senior medical staff.Earlier coverage is here. [read post]
30 May 2011, 7:39 am
While some of these services may not have been medically necessary, it's hard to imagine those levels of reductions without impacting actually needed services. [read post]
