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| Louisville jail struggles with rising inmate medical issues |
| By .courier-journal.com - Mark Vanderhoff |
| Published: 11/26/2012 |
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Kentucky - Kenneth Hill, 53, of Louisville sat in a one-man cell in the Louisville Metro Corrections infirmary, hooked to an oxygen machine. “Basically, I’ve been smoking since I was 12 years old,” he said. “That’s 42 years of smoking.” His emphysema is just one of the health care challenges faced by Metro Corrections, which has become the default health care provider for many of the roughly 2,000 inmates housed there. Louisville’s jail is projected to spend $7.445 million on medical expenses this year, surpassing the budgeted $7.091 million. That will be the second-highest total in the past six years. Read More. |
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