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Half of TX prison doctor positions currently vacant

By Gritsforbreakfast

Dr. Ben Raimer from UTMB says more than 50% of physician slots at UTMB are vacant!!CORRECTION: Apparently I (and every reporter and senator in the room) misheard Dr. Raimer; the UTMB PR director contacted me to say that Raimer said 15%, not 50%, of doctor positions are vacant. I apologize for the error.I've been listening on and off this morning online to the Senate Criminal Justice Committee's hearing on medical care at TDCJ, which has mostly been a laboriously detailed questioning of officials involved with the inmate described in this Houston Chronicle article ("Injured inmate spent two days on cell floor," Jan. 24). (NOTE: The hearing is over; archived video will be available here soon.)In addition, said Raimer 18% of registered nurses slots and 18% of mid-level practitioners positions are currently unfilled...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on January 24, 2008 (boomark / email).