Post by thinkinkmesa on Aug 8, 2014 23:58:36 GMT -5
Hospital that supplied execution drug says prison requested it for “medical patient”
The hospital that unwittingly supplied lethal-injection drugs to the Louisiana prison system said today that a Corrections Department pharmacist specifically said the drugs would be used for medical purposes — not for an execution.
That statement of possible deception by the state is stronger than the remarks earlier this week by a frustrated member of the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital board of directors. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux previously said the hospital “assumed” the drug was for a medical patient.
However, a hospital spokesman said today the prisons pharmacist was explicit in the request.
“On January 28, 2014 a Memorial pharmacist was contacted by a pharmacist from the Hunt Correctional Center Medical Unit that requested Hydromorphone (Dauladid) for a medical patient. At no time was Memorial told the drug would be used for an execution,” reads a statement issued by Matt Felder, the public information officer for the hospital. “There is an ethical and legal process for sharing drugs between pharmacists and Memorial transferred the drugs accordingly.”
More;
thelensnola.org/2014/08/08/hospital-that-supplied-execution-drug-says-prison-requested-it-for-medical-patient/
The hospital that unwittingly supplied lethal-injection drugs to the Louisiana prison system said today that a Corrections Department pharmacist specifically said the drugs would be used for medical purposes — not for an execution.
That statement of possible deception by the state is stronger than the remarks earlier this week by a frustrated member of the Lake Charles Memorial Hospital board of directors. Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux previously said the hospital “assumed” the drug was for a medical patient.
However, a hospital spokesman said today the prisons pharmacist was explicit in the request.
“On January 28, 2014 a Memorial pharmacist was contacted by a pharmacist from the Hunt Correctional Center Medical Unit that requested Hydromorphone (Dauladid) for a medical patient. At no time was Memorial told the drug would be used for an execution,” reads a statement issued by Matt Felder, the public information officer for the hospital. “There is an ethical and legal process for sharing drugs between pharmacists and Memorial transferred the drugs accordingly.”
More;
thelensnola.org/2014/08/08/hospital-that-supplied-execution-drug-says-prison-requested-it-for-medical-patient/