Alberta inmates say they suffered when jail doctors changed their meds
A former inmate at the Edmonton Remand Centre claims he suffered severe pain and mental distress after a doctor at the jail switched him off medications previously prescribed by a community doctor.
His lawyer said such claims show a pattern of provincial jails putting security concerns over the health-care needs of inmates.
But a former prison physician says there are few easy answers when it comes to deciding how to medicate inmates.
Robert Harper, 48, filed a formal complaint about
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