Lest us not forget....we are all human beings.....no one is perfect......and all should get treatment with dignity and compassion...the medical field seems to be
lax in that aspect....and whether or not you are in whatever state.......that person deserves treatment......and our jail personnel have to be more vigilent.
there is a difference in being treated for a problem with health.....than being treated like a criminal 24/7....
there are a lot of horror stories coming out of ELLIS ER .....and because they have changed the treatment to a business....everyone is suffering...evem those
with medical insurance....why are people being transported to Albany Med.....St. Peter's....Ellis doctors do their own care. diagnosis and treatment....whereas.
your own private physician was called and generally was allowed to treat....
Maybe I am wrong....but have heard others tell their tale of woe.
There are at least 3 outpatient facilities that I know of, within 500 feet of Proctors. The crowds you see downtown waiting for the bus during the day, and especially the morning? Yup, 90% are drug addicts. They sure aren't the office workers, because those people all drive to work, and I can assure you, the crowds you see are most certainly not shoppers.
The rehab industry is HUGE. Like Billy Fucillo HUGE-AH! That's why you'll never hear the so called rehab experts (they have a 90% or worse, failure rate) come out in favor of legalization.
A FULL 90% of those patients' "treatment" is paid by Medicaid, and can not, by law, be turned down. It's the people that HAVE insurance that can't get into rehab.
To whoever it was that asked why Ellis doesn't offer rehab: They do. It's in those buildings right at the bottom of the hill, behind the bus stop between Lafayette, and Clinton.
Yes....it is a very lucrative business. There are 2 attorney's that are presently looking to open a rehab facility....why?.....because it brings in big bucks!!! It's a great gig! These rehab facilities are making money hand over fist with little to no positive results. IN FACT.....if you bring someone into rehab, the so called professionals will tell you that they will probably relapse once they are released!
Do some of these addicts have access to illegal drugs while in some of these rehab places? Just ask one of them!
And remember that the 'legal drug pushers/pharmaceutical companies' are also making money hand over fist!! It's a very cozy arrangement.
When the INSANE are running the ASYLUM In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule. -- Friedrich Nietzsche
“How fortunate for those in power that people never think.” Adolph Hitler
Cozy huh???.....a young person just died at Conifer Park......another teen brought in some kind of illegal drug patch and this person chewed it....
others got sick....so that the Rehab is not what it is cracked up to be.....years ago more addicts had a chance to recover and be sober....today, with
what goes on in rehab.....not too possible....personnel are not vigilent like they should....or give the baggage they bring in....a thorough search....think it's
very lax.....from personal observation......changed to a passive setting...instead of strict rules and dicipline....lots of theft of personal items ....and
clothing...most coming in don't have anything b ut the clothes on their backs....and then comes their entitlement to steal.....
there are rehabs that are successful....but I don't see them around this area or state.....
No excuse for jail, Ellis Hospital to neglect mentally ill
Re June 16 article, “Report faults jail, Ellis in death; Woman taken to hospital 5 times”: What a horribly tragic story. And what a frightening commentary on the state of affairs of how persons with substance problems and psychiatric issues are treated at Ellis Hospital. Latisha Mason, a 28-year-old Connecticut woman, is found in a snowbank. Four days later, she is dead in her jail cell. In these four days of hell, Ms. Mason was either released prematurely or refused admission to Ellis Hospital on a repeated basis — even after the Ellis social worker stationed at the jail attempted to secure her admission. Unfortunately, as one who has done advocacy work on behalf of mentally ill people who became involved in the justice system, this is hardly the fi rst time I have witnessed someone who needs intensive mental health treatment be either turned away or discharged prematurely. I have seen several persons get into criminal trouble because of their untreated or poorly treated illness. This case, however, is the fi rst instance in which the patient died because of negligence or downright obstinacy of the medical providers. Perhaps we have reached a point where District Attorney Robert Carney should be asked to review the records and determine if the medical malfeasance reached the level of criminality.
ROBERT K. CORLISS Schenectady The writer is co-chair of National Alliance on Mental Illness — Schenectady Forensic Task Force.
"While Foreign Terrorists were plotting to murder and maim using homemade bombs in Boston, Democrap officials in Washington DC, Albany and here were busy watching ME and other law abiding American Citizens who are gun owners and taxpayers, in an effort to blame the nation's lack of security on US so that they could have a political scapegoat."
Lest us not forget....we are all human beings.....no one is perfect......and all should get treatment with dignity and compassion...the medical field seems to be
lax in that aspect....and whether or not you are in whatever state.......that person deserves treatment......and our jail personnel have to be more vigilent.
there is a difference in being treated for a problem with health.....than being treated like a criminal 24/7....
there are a lot of horror stories coming out of ELLIS ER .....and because they have changed the treatment to a business....everyone is suffering...evem those
with medical insurance....why are people being transported to Albany Med.....St. Peter's....Ellis doctors do their own care. diagnosis and treatment....whereas.
your own private physician was called and generally was allowed to treat....
Maybe I am wrong....but have heard others tell their tale of woe.
Just sayin'
a business? that's what you get from Ellis? really? IT'S A GIANT MEDICAID CLINIC.....A CLINIC....so the golden children of Schenectady go to Saratoga and Albany for their treatment leaving the clinic to everyone else....
THANKS TO THE BERGER COMMISSION.......
be prepared to no longer feel ENTITLED when entering the hospital......get in, get fixed and GET THE HELL OUT!!!!! no one is more special than another. it's called TRIAGE....
as for mental health----it's still mostly voodoo "NEWBORN JOINS THIS EARTH AND QUICKLY IS SUBDUED"
emotions/reason/logic/feelings.........who is in charge of each of those?
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
Final report again slams Ellis for jail death Published 04:53 p.m., Tuesday, June 26, 2012
SCHENECTADY — A final report conclusion on the death of county jail inmate Latisha Mason is identical to the preliminary finding – that Ellis Hospital is responsible for "medical misconduct" in regards to Mason's death.
The final report was released by the state Division of Criminal Justice Services Tuesday.
The report found that Mason, who was arrested in February for attempting to assault a Subway employee with a coffee pot, was discharged from Ellis five times without being evaluated by a psychiatrist for erratic behavior. Emergency room staff attributed her condition to intoxication from marijuana and the drug PCP...................>>>>...................>>>>................Read more: http://www.timesunion.com/loca.....30.php#ixzz1yx03XxpA
so the hospital could have drugged her more to shut her up, keep her safe on a bed. no different than the jail. I'm sure the jail workers are equipped to do CPR to get her to the hospital. she suffered cardiac arrest not mental arrest from her drug usage. or was someone trying to shut her up. AGAIN. why was she here? how did she get here? who knew her? etc etc......
oh, there's a criminal here. and it's not the 'after affect' called hospital.
...you are a product of your environment, your environment is a product of your priorities, your priorities are a product of you......
The replacement of morality and conscience with law produces a deadly paradox.
STOP BEING GOOD DEMOCRATS---STOP BEING GOOD REPUBLICANS--START BEING GOOD AMERICANS
NORWALK -- Inadequate mental and physical health care contributed to the death of a 28-year-old Norwalker in a New York jail, according to a recently released report from the New York State Commission of Correction.
Latisha Mason, a Norwalk native who died on Feb. 9, 2011, at the age of 28, was admitted to Ellis Hospital a total of five times -- three times by the Schenectady Police Department and twice while being held at Schenectady County Jail -- during her time in Schenectady, N.Y., and discharged without warrant each time, the report found. There was also a delay of more than 10 minutes from the time that she was found to be unresponsive to the time when nurses were allowed in her jail cell.
SCHENECTADY COUNTY Arbitrator says county must rehire jail offi cer Ruling finds staffer not responsible in inmate’s death BY JUSTIN MASON Gazette Reporter Reach Gazette reporter Justin Mason at 395-3113 or jmason@dailygazette.net.
Schenectady County will have to rehire and give back pay to a corrections offi cer fired after a female inmate died on her watch at the jail in February 2011, an arbitrator ruled recently. The arbitrator found that Dusty Luckhurst’s actions did not play any substantive role in 28-yearold Latisha Mason’s death at the jail; however, the arbitrator did find she violated policy by leaving the unresponsive inmate unsupervised when she went to call medical staff. The arbitrator reversed Luckhurst’s termination, ordered that she be assessed a three-week suspension that she has served already and be given back pay for the time she was out of work. “As the finder of fact herein, I can only conclude that there is no proof whatsoever that the responsibility for Mason’s demise may be ascribed to Luckhurst,” arbitrator James Markowitz wrote in the 31-page ruling issued in late August. “This determination obviates the county’s contention that [Luckhurst’s] termination was justifi ed, in part, by the consequence of her behavior, which was Mason’s death.” County Attorney Chris Gardener was dismayed by the ruling. He supported Sheriff Dominic Dagostino’s decision to terminate Luckhurst, but said the county will abide by the ruling and allow her to return to her post next week. “The sheriff took decisive action to deal with the situation, which he believed to merit termination,” he said Friday. “We presented the case we agreed with the sheriff that the case merited termination.” Luckhurst was the only corrections offi cer fired in wake of Mason’s death, Gardner said. She earns an annual salary of about $37,000, but it is unclear how much back pay she is owed. Dagostino declined to comment, citing the ruling as a personnel matter. Calls to Ennio Corsi, the attorney who represented Luckhurst for the Schenectady County Sheriff’s Benevolent Association, were not returned. Attempts to reach a union official were not successful. FATAL SEQUENCE City police initially found Mason, a dental hygienist and single mother from Connecticut, collapsed and drug-addled in a snowbank in downtown Schenectady. Over the next four days, the highly erratic woman bounced between the custody of the Schenectady County Jail and Ellis Hospital fi ve times Mason tested positive for a toxic cocktail of substances, including PCP and marijuana, when she was initially admitted to the hospital. But despite her deteriorating state, she was released back onto the street or into the custody of the sheriff’s department. Mason’s final hours of life were spent in a dazed and despondent state in her jail cell. On the morning of Mason’s death, Luckhurst tried to rouse her for breakfast and noticed she was unresponsive, according to the arbitration ruling. The corrections officer then summoned a nurse for the woman, but failed to alert superiors of any medical emergency. Luckhurst also prevented nurses from entering the cell until an emergency was declared. The state Commission of Correction in June released a highly critical report about the treatment of Mason. Among other fi ndings, the report determined that Ellis improperly discharged a psychotic and intoxicated patient to the jail, which was known to be incapable of caring for her. Luckhurst was fired about fi ve months after Mason’s death. In a scathing notice of termination, Dagostino noted the long period in which Luckhurst had prevented nurses from reaching Mason. “Your actions in their totality in and of themselves merit termination since you demonstrated depraved indifference to the welfare of Inmate Latisha Mason and delayed the provision of medical care to her from 7:49 am to 8:06 am, a period of 17 minutes,” he wrote in the notice, which was included as part of the arbitrator’s ruling. “Inmate Latisha Mason died and your gross negligence and depraved indifference delayed the timely provision of medical attention.” The ruling, however, found that Luckhurst followed the jail’s policies precisely with all but one exception: When she let Mason out of her sight to call for medical attention. The ruling indicated that she could have summoned help by using her radio. .........................>>>>.............................>>>>...............................http://www.dailygazette.net/De.....r01200&AppName=1
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