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| Hillsborough woman blames jail for her newborn son dying |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 03/22/2004 |
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A 34-year-old woman has blamed the medical treatment she received at the Falkenburg Road Jail in Tampa for causing her newborn son's death. Kimberly Grey said she pleaded for medical help for 12 hours before giving birth to a baby boy earlier this month over an infirmary toilet. She had been leaking amniotic fluid for five days. But Falkenburg Road Jail medical workers didn't call 911 until the baby arrived. The boy, named Clint, died before he arrived at the hospital. A team of homicide detectives were investigating whether mistakes were made. "This is not about me, about my crimes or what I've done in my past," said Grey, who was jailed Feb. 20 on a charge of cocaine possession. "My baby didn't have to die. If they would have listened to my cries for help, my baby would still be alive." Prison Health Services, the company awarded a $12 million contract in 2002 to provide care for Hillsborough inmates, has been investigated before. In Pinellas County, Sheriff Everett Rice terminated his agency's relationship with PHS in 1995 after an inmate died of a heart attack, The Tampa Tribune reported Saturday. In Polk County, the company settled a $3 million lawsuit filed by the family of former inmate Michael Cullaton, 31, who died in 1994 after he was beaten by corrections officials. The lawsuit alleged he was denied proper medical treatment. Lawrence Pomeroy, senior vice president for PHS, called the death of Grey's child a tragedy. He said the company is doing its own investigation, and he wouldn't comment further. Hillsborough sheriff's Col. David Parrish, who oversees the jail, said he is happy with the care provided by PHS. "Inmates love to sue, and they complain about things that they never would have sought health care for if they weren't in the jail system," he said. |
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