Where is the equity????

[Guest guest]

Well there must be a sever inequity regarding prisoner health care in

California. Because, in Kings County where we have Corcoran and Avenal State

Prison at emergency rooms prisoners have priority when it comes to emergency

health care. Two years ago my 6 year old daughter smashed her finger in a car

door about 4:30 Friday afternoon. I advised my husband that we should have it

check out. We waited 2 hours in the emergency waiting room and in walks a drunk

having to be checked out before being booked at the county jail. Then the toper

was when a Corcoran state prisoner entered on a wheel chair, and went directly

into the radiaoloy department. When my husband asked why this thing went in

front of EVERYONE, he was told they have priority. Mind you this is the

maternity hospital in the county.

After the two hour wait I was so pissed my husband had to take over, and I went

out side to move my car and cool off. Fortunately my friends were driving by

and saw us. Her husband is a large animal vet and requested to see her finger.

I walked him back to the exam room, he looked at her finger and said if it was

broken they couldn't do any thing any way and told us to leave. We got up

walked out with saying anything. I took her to her pediatrician the next

Monday, and after ex-rays sure enough it was broken.

Incidently in the past 8 years the State of California has invested over

$8,000,000 building a prison hospital at Corcoran State Prison. Nurses make

over $100,000 a year. It is staffed with doctors, and RN's.

Where is the equity?

PS Manson, Surhan Surhan, Carona, and reprsentatives of all major

gangs that have ever existed in California are residents.