Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske visits St. Louis
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From kmov.com
That 9-1-1 call from the St. Louis Justice Center at 1:38 a.m. on April 11th was about Lavonda Kimble, 30. Kimble had been brought to the jail 10 hours earlier for failing to appear in court for two traffic tickets. While in custody she suffered a severe asthma attack, but as paramedics arrived on the scene they couldn’t find any jail personnel to take them to the patient. Kimble would be pronounced dead an hour later. The paramedic would later write, it had taken 8 minutes to get to Kimble.
“The care our patient received prior to STLFD personnel {arriving} was substandard at best, and the fact that we were not able to reach the patient immediately was detrimental to the patient’s outcome.” She goes further by saying, “Every time I’ve been to the justice center it takes 10 to 15 minutes to even get to the patient. There is never anyone to guide us and never any sense of urgency.” Now News 4 has obtained this May 30th Corrections Division Internal Affairs report. The report downplays the paramedic’s complaints.
Medical care at the justice center is provided by a private Creve Coeur company called CMS.
A spokesman has said all jail nursing personnel are properly licensed to perform their duties.
Mayor Slay’s office says the City’s Public Safety office is now conducting its own investigation into Kimble’s death.
Tragically, Kimble wasn’t even supposed to be jailed. Her $ 250 bond had been paid hours before she became ill, but a miscommunication kept word from reaching the jail.
Read the full story at kmov.com
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