Kansas prison contractor Corizon sued after inmate dies of fungal brain infection | The Kansas City Star

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Fungal Disease Awareness: Think Fungus! Fungal diseases often are not diagnosed right away because their symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases. Fungal diseases often are not diagnosed right away because their symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Fungal diseases often are not diagnosed right away because their symptoms can be similar to those of other diseases. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

mentatoverrated on October 18th, 2017 at 12:54 UTC »

Corizon was sued for malpractice 660 times in a five-year period, according to the American Civil Liberties Union.

What the fuck, kill this company.

nuala-lala on October 18th, 2017 at 10:35 UTC »

The infirmary report is insane. What kind of healthcare workers do they have that can't distinguish between malingering and a serious neurological condition? I mean sure, when the symptoms are self-reported numbness and tingling, but once it gets to slurred speech and ataxia, only a woefully inadequate medical staff would fail to immediately identify that as real. It is unmistakeable and un-fakeable.

InterstellarPyrosome on October 18th, 2017 at 10:24 UTC »

which means states pay it a flat rate per prisoner for medical care and the company keeps any savings.

Precisely why for-profit prisons and for-profit prison healthcare shouldn't exist.