Another thing I want to add about the Q, that is the medical care. An inmate
better be damn sick, if he thinks he has a chance in hell of getting medical
care. When Eric was first infected with Staph Infection, he was told by a
CO no less, that it was a spider bite. It was news to me that a Correctional
Officer at San Quentin has medical training to determine the difference between a "spider bite" and "staph infection". Several weeks had gone by
after Eric requested repeated attempts to get this "spider bite" examined, finally after he could take no more of the oozing and pus that was coming
out of this area on his hip, he was "lucky" enough to get a hold of a correctional officer, whom he showed his "bite" too, and the guard took Eric
immediatley to the Medical Housing Unit at the prison. There the doctors
told Eric the same thing that it was a "spider bite". They treated him with
antiboctics, packing and dressing in the hole of the site, that was so big and
round, there was a 6 inch tunnel in the cavitity of his hip, but the spider
bite remained. Finally one doctor admitted that what Eric had was no bite
but Staph Infection, the doctor that Eric had then placed him on a antibocitic
that did clear up the infection on the hip. Then Eric broke out with another
one on his leg, and then 2 more on his chest, which is in the Health Section
on the Gallery. Luckily for my husband Eric when he came home he got the
right medical care for this infection. Those doctors at the Prison's throughout
California have a contract with the state to provide medical care. They are
paid well enough to provide excellent care, but they too just like the guards
and everyone else that has anything to do with the treatment and medical
care of our inmates/ loved ones behind the walls of all state prisons, just don't
give 2 chits about the person as a human being, I know that they have hundreds of inmates that they see on a weekly basis, but they are doctors,
and nurse's the ones that we depend on to help get us better when we are
ill, unfortuntly this is not the case in our prisons. It's a money issue. So in regards to the conditions at SanQuentin, or any other prison whether in California or elsewhere, Idon't think any prison has good conditions, and if
they do, I sure would like to see one.

As I had mentioned in one of my previous post MTA's (Medical Tech Assistants) are good for passing out medication, taking your temperature, giving you a shot, etc. They are not licensed or trained physicians. They are limited in their expertize.


Another thing I want to add about the Q, that is the medical care. An inmate
better be damn sick, if he thinks he has a chance in hell of getting medical
care. When Eric was first infected with Staph Infection, he was told by a
CO no less, that it was a spider bite. It was news to me that a Correctional
Officer at San Quentin has medical training to determine the difference between a "spider bite" and "staph infection". Several weeks had gone by
after Eric requested repeated attempts to get this "spider bite" examined, finally after he could take no more of the oozing and pus that was coming
out of this area on his hip, he was "lucky" enough to get a hold of a correctional officer, whom he showed his "bite" too, and the guard took Eric
immediatley to the Medical Housing Unit at the prison. There the doctors
told Eric the same thing that it was a "spider bite". They treated him with
antiboctics, packing and dressing in the hole of the site, that was so big and
round, there was a 6 inch tunnel in the cavitity of his hip, but the spider
bite remained. Finally one doctor admitted that what Eric had was no bite
but Staph Infection, the doctor that Eric had then placed him on a antibocitic
that did clear up the infection on the hip. Then Eric broke out with another
one on his leg, and then 2 more on his chest, which is in the Health Section
on the Gallery. Luckily for my husband Eric when he came home he got the
right medical care for this infection. Those doctors at the Prison's throughout
California have a contract with the state to provide medical care. They are
paid well enough to provide excellent care, but they too just like the guards
and everyone else that has anything to do with the treatment and medical
care of our inmates/ loved ones behind the walls of all state prisons, just don't
give 2 chits about the person as a human being, I know that they have hundreds of inmates that they see on a weekly basis, but they are doctors,
and nurse's the ones that we depend on to help get us better when we are
ill, unfortuntly this is not the case in our prisons. It's a money issue. So in regards to the conditions at SanQuentin, or any other prison whether in California or elsewhere, Idon't think any prison has good conditions, and if
they do, I sure would like to see one.