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| Prison health workers told jobs could be cut |
| By AP |
| Published: 02/14/2005 |
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Wisconsin Department of Corrections officials have told more than 100 doctors, pharmacists, pharmacy technicians, dentists and medical records workers in Wisconsin's adult prisons that their jobs would be eliminated in 180 days under Gov. Jim Doyle's budget proposal. DOC spokesman Bill Clausius said last Thursday that department administrator Steven Casperson and other managers made a series of conference calls as a courtesy to employees who hold the 130.45 positions that would be affected. "Under the governor's budget proposal, the department would outsource services provided by physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, dental staff, pharmaceutical staff and services and auxiliary health-care staff (such as) X-ray, ophthalmology, phlebotomists, physical therapy and medical records," he said. Clausius said the Corrections Department would keep existing nursing positions, including nurse managers, nurse clinicians, licensed practical nurses, medical program assistants and mental health care staff. "More and more states are seeking the expertise of professionals who are better equipped to deliver cost-effective, quality care to prison inmates," Clausius said. The 130.45 positions are some of the 1,849 state government job cuts that are part of Doyle's 2005-07 budget proposal. |
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