Attracted To Be Prison Doctors

Published: 21st February 2011
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Medical services can also be provided by doctors to those in the prison. Doctors learn a lot while making adequate money here. He works for one day at the prison every week and besides that he also has a full time job as an emergency physician.

His work was difficult in the first month and he dint feel like working there anymore. Instead of being thankful an inmate shouted at him for treating him well. He kept considering if it was worth it at all. An inmate who witnessed the encounter asked if he could give the doctor some advice. He tried to use the reason of bunk bed to get the lower bunk bed from the doctor.This is a status symbol in the prison.

His approach towards them was changed. His son doesn't get all he wants just because he is respected. He feels that prisoners should be treated the same way. He can't help their wants but he will do all he can for their medical needs.

In one case he was called in to check one inmate's seizure. He was just pretending for sure. The dumbest part was that he chose to fall in a place that was comfortable. Another tip off was that he saw the man's eyelids fluttering, and after the episode his saccadic movements weren't sluggish. The prisoner was denied any medication once the neurologist confirmed no seizures.He was also not given the single cell in the maximum security prison which he had requested for.


Peoria, IL also has an oncologist who is more than interested in treating HIV and malignancy infected prisoners. After the first three weeks he was giving 20 hours of primary care at the prison every week. A lot of X rays and blood smears have to be studied in oncology he said. HIV treatment by him seems to be getting better while he also treats asthma, diabetes, and hypertension, at the prison.

The pathology seen in prison is s much more interesting than private practice says the medical director of a 2,000 inmate super jail in Salt Lake City. Neurocysticercosis and leprosy were the last known big cases dealt with. The advanced stage cancer is also a common sight here. Prison is the only place where medical care is given out. The engineering of the technologies attracts doctors to work at prisons.

The telemedicine capabilities will ensure that the services related to medical needs will be at its secure best in the connected 80 correctional facilities in Texas. Salt Lake City super jail is equipped with the most reliable source of electronic medical records says the medical director. Having to work for the prison sometimes meant that the doctors would not get jobs anywhere else said the president of the Society of Correctional Physicians and former medical director of the Colorado Department of Corrections.


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