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| Death of Inmate Prompts Query About Tenn. Jail's Response |
| By The Tennessean |
| Published: 10/21/2002 |
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A Nashville lawyer is raising questions about the response by Wilson County, Tenn, authorities to request medical treatment for a jail inmate who died recently in a Nashville hospital. Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe said the department responded appropriately. Derrick Logue, 23, of Lebanon died at 4:25 p.m. on October 13 at Saint Thomas Hospital after being placed on a respirator more than a week ago, hospital spokesman Paul Lindsley said. Lindsley said Logue suffered from diabetes. But no one, including Logue, knew he had the illness, according to lawyer Jerry Gonzalez and Logue's mother, Betty Ruth Logue of Lebanon. Gonzalez said Logue began requesting medical attention from personnel with the Wilson County Sheriff's Department on Sept. 28. Gonzalez said that Logue asked to be seen by someone on the medical staff and that Logue told his mother to call a doctor because ''they aren't listening to me.'' On Oct. 2, Logue was admitted to University Medical Center in Lebanon, where he suffered a cardiac arrest and lapsed into a coma, Lindsley said. Logue was transferred to Saint Thomas on Oct. 5, he said. ''We believe because of his diabetic condition complicated with cardiac arrest,'' he suffered irreversible brain injury, Lindsley said. Gonzalez said he does not know specifically what symptoms Logue was complaining about in jail. |
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