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Detainee Dies After Two Days in Florida Jail Where Armor Correctional Allegedly Denied Heart Transplant Rejection Meds
Loaded on June 22, 2023
by Jo Ellen Nott
Filed under:
Armor Correctional Health Services,
Medication,
Transplants,
Failure to Treat,
Medical Neglect/Malpractice.
Location:
Florida.
by Jo Ellen Nott
Dexter Barry, 54, waited 12 years to receive a new heart. He even moved to Jacksonville to receive the life-saving transplant in 2020. In just two days in late November 2022, however, a stay in the Duval County Jail (DCJ) undid the miraculous $4-million surgery when ...
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