2007-09-05 16:05:15 · 7 answers · asked by rick s 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
You bet ya,,, husband had a hit & run accident. Took a couple weeks to investigate it & charge him & arrest him. The very day 2 weeks later he was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer & given 3 months to live... (Cancer had caused the left side field of vision to be gone, which is what caused the accident), we had just made it home from the hospital/doctor's office after all day testing, MRI's, bone scans, X rays, blood test, CT' scan's. We had a message on our answering machine to get him immediately back & checked in the hospital to the cancer unit as his blood levels of things were so out of wack he was immediate danger of seizures & death at any time. We were pulling out the driveway to go back to the hospital when the cops pulled up & arrested him right there. He stayed in jail for 6 days with no bond. I tried to tell them he needed his doctor & hospital right then, about the day, the test results, they could take him there but he HAD TO GO. They told me to "quit making excuses for him". I told them to call the doctor, call the hospital, I could provide the verification they needed all to no avail. On day 6 he started having seizures in jail is when they transported him by ambulance to the hospital. They started questioning me about, "Has he ever had seizures before?, Is their a reason he is having them? Does he have a history of seizures? Is he in seizure medicine?" Even after me telling them about 10 times to call the hospital across town & get his records, he had a GBM, ( the faster growing, & most untreatable brain cancer you can get), they ignored me AGAIN! Spent all night, running tests as the seizures would not stop. He was in a coma for 13 days, immediately released to hospice care....... NOW our insurance would not pay for the same tests 6 days apart so they tried to bill us for duplicate tests as the sheriff's department put the time down he was released form custody as the time the ambulance picked him up so they would not have to pay for anything. He died 2 weeks later. They still bill me every month for the duplicate test from the hospital the cops ambulance took him to. I have never paid the bill & I will not pay the bill as if they had listened to me, he would hever have had the seizures there & would have had a chance to live 3 months instead of 4 weeks because being in jail also delayed the full brain radiation they wanted to start immediately & by the time he got to hospital 6 days later his brain was swelled up to bad for it to do any good.
2007-09-05 16:39:24 · answer #1 · answered by simplysweetnsexi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. If in prison, they have an on ground hospital. If local jail, they will make accommodations. Illness is no excuse for serving time.
2007-09-05 16:10:05 · answer #2 · answered by hardwoodrods 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm pretty sure they go to a special hospital with locked doors. It least that is what I've seen on TV.
2007-09-05 16:31:07 · answer #3 · answered by Shazam 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure. They ship them to a hospital with a guard until they can go back, and if really bad, some are shipped to county nursing homes! With guards of course!
2007-09-05 16:09:54 · answer #4 · answered by cantcu 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well, they do. What was the crime this person who needs such medical care committed?
2007-09-05 16:09:45 · answer #5 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It happens all the time and it happens a lot.
2007-09-05 16:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by OC 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
you bet.
2007-09-05 16:09:45 · answer #7 · answered by curious115 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋