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| 2 prison workers fired, clinical director reassigned following inmate's death |
| By deseretnews.com- Ben Lockhart |
| Published: 08/07/2015 |
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UTAH STATE PRISON — A physician assistant and supervising nurse were fired by the Utah Department of Corrections on Thursday following a pair of investigations into the death of a Utah State Prison inmate who was stood up for two kidney dialysis treatments in April. Richard Garden, the department's clinical services bureau director, will no longer fill that leadership post in the aftermath of the incident and was reassigned to work for the department as a doctor, according to the Department of Corrections. A second supervising nurse was demoted and another nurse received a 40-hour suspension in the wake of 62-year-old Ramon Estrada's death. Garden was placed on paid administrative leave immediately following Estrada's death. Three of the other employees were put on paid leave in early July. One of the employees was never placed on leave, said corrections spokeswoman Brooke Adams, though she didn't know which one. Read More. |
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