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| Ohio prison medical emergencies declining |
| By marionstar.com - Jessie Balmert |
| Published: 12/10/2012 |
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A decline in medical emergencies at Ohio’s prisons and an emphasis on treating patients on-site has the man who oversees the system optimistic about cost-savings. “We’re going in the right direction,” said Stuart Hudson, Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction’s chief of correctional health care. It cost nearly $188.3 million to fund prisoner health care in fiscal year 2012, down from a $222.8-million peak in fiscal year 2010. More than 44,800 medical emergencies were reported at Ohio’s prisons in 2011 and nearly 40,000 — 89 percent — were handled at the prisons, according to a Correctional Institution Inspection Committee report released Tuesday. The remaining prisoners were treated at local hospitals or the Ohio State University Medical Center. Read More. |
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