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Pregnant Pauls Valley mother dies in jail
kfor-tv ^ | 01/07/2013 | kfor-tv

Posted on 01/11/2013 11:41:53 AM PST by Rusty0604

Her death came just hours after she went to the hospital seeking help for severe abdominal pain.

“Jamie was seeking help; she was in extreme pain,” family friend Kemper Kimberlin said.

Hospital staff reported Jamie wouldn’t cooperate, in too much pain to even lie down, so employees asked a Pauls Valley police officer to assist.

Unfortunately, when police found two prescription pills that didn’t belong to Jamie, police took her to jail for drug possession.

That’s where Jamie sat for less than two hours before being found unresponsive.

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TOPICS: Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: donutwatch; drugabuse; drugaddict; drugs; drugwar; health; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; police; warondrugs; wod; wodlist; wosd
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guess that hospital and police have their priorities
1 posted on 01/11/2013 11:41:58 AM PST by Rusty0604
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How sad. That will cost them.


2 posted on 01/11/2013 11:44:01 AM PST by Resolute Conservative
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Tragic ending to another over-reaction or no tolerance plan?


3 posted on 01/11/2013 11:45:55 AM PST by 3D-JOY (If there were no United States Armed Forces there would be no United States of America)
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that plus maybe she didn’t have insurance so the hospital got rid of her quickly.


4 posted on 01/11/2013 11:48:37 AM PST by Rusty0604
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A lot of unanswered questions, like, where/how did they find the pills? In her purse? Did they have a warrant? Is it possible she got a couple pain pills from someone (ill-advised but understandable) due to the current/immediate pain she was experiencing? Why would the hospital (even the police) not be more concerned with her pain/pregnancy than letting her go to jail?


5 posted on 01/11/2013 11:50:33 AM PST by NEMDF
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The questions concerning police action are worth asking, but I’m wondering how the hospital is going to explain releasing her as fit for incarceration? A ruptured ectopic pregnancy could have been discovered if they had done their job.


6 posted on 01/11/2013 11:56:15 AM PST by Rusty0604
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“There is nothing my staff in the jail could’ve done differently,” Garvin County sheriff Larry Rhodes said. Sheriff Rhodes points out the hospital staff authorized Jamie’s release to their custody. “She had a medical release from the hospital stating that she was fit for incarceration,” Rhodes said.

Let the ass-covering begin!! Both the hospital and the sheriff's office should be ashamed of themselves and held to account. If the woman is in that much pain, you don't throw her in a cell.

7 posted on 01/11/2013 12:00:07 PM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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Yet another sad example of why I specifically avoid both hospitals and LEO’s. Worthless 90% of the time; never available when you really need them....and both can and will kill you.


8 posted on 01/11/2013 12:00:30 PM PST by RightOnline (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: Rusty0604
A pregnant woman is at the hospital in extreme duress and the cops think it's a good idea to arrest her and throw her in an unattended cell?

Sounds like a criminal prosecution is in order, not that it will happen.

9 posted on 01/11/2013 12:06:48 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (TYRANNY: When the people fear the politicians. LIBERTY: When the politicians fear the people.)
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Over 2 (two) prescription pills! Who says we aren’t becoming a police state?


10 posted on 01/11/2013 12:08:56 PM PST by Rusty0604
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This is horrible.My sister had an EP lucky for her she already had a doctor who knew what her pain was probably caused from and helped her before she died like this poor lady did.


11 posted on 01/11/2013 12:22:26 PM PST by chris_bdba
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very tragic

my guess is they ( ER staff and LE) thought she was a drug seeking addict putting on a show to get more narcotics and since this was an ectopic pregnancy she wasn’t obviously pregnant. Drug addicts pull this sort of thing in ER’s frequently.

shame on the ER staff that has become so jaded in their profession that they assume the worst about the patients they see before thoroughly assessing what was really going on


12 posted on 01/11/2013 12:22:44 PM PST by longfellowsmuse (last of the living nomads)
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It doesn’t say what the prescription pills were? Is it possible she had something that belonged to another child or her Mom on her...this would not be unusual for a woman to have on her....


13 posted on 01/11/2013 12:25:05 PM PST by chris_bdba
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Years ago I was on some medication for an irregular heartbeat. I had run out of medicine and then landed in ER on a Holiday night. I told them who my Dr. was (he was on their Board) and what happened. I answered no to the questioning about illegal cocaine or drug use. They didn’t ask me if I c/h/b/ pregnant. I had no insurance and was shocked by the bill; they charged me for drug test and pregnancy test. They said they can’t believe anything any patient tells them. I said fine, I’m not paying for it because I’m not a criminal. I finally threatened to take it to the Board and the news station before they dropped it.


14 posted on 01/11/2013 12:33:02 PM PST by Rusty0604
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Just my opinion even if it was narcotice that’s pretty bad to get locked up for 2 pills. Obviously she would have already taken them if she was “feamin”.


15 posted on 01/11/2013 12:35:42 PM PST by Rusty0604
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Dreadful. RIP.


16 posted on 01/11/2013 12:37:34 PM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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“She had a medical release from the hospital stating that she was fit for incarceration,” Rhodes said.

Coming soon to a gun-owner near you...

17 posted on 01/11/2013 12:39:41 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves (CTRL-GALT-DELETE)
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That’s why I posted this. Gov’t run hospitals and so many things that make you a criminal.


18 posted on 01/11/2013 12:43:06 PM PST by Rusty0604
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The police will say she was released from Doctor care.


19 posted on 01/11/2013 12:45:55 PM PST by Orange1998 (DO NOT PRESS CTRL W)
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To: Rusty0604

There is no situation on God’s green Earth, that the presence of a police officer will not make worse.


20 posted on 01/11/2013 12:54:08 PM PST by Lazamataz (LAZ'S LAW: As an argument with liberals goes on, the probability of being called racist approaches 1)
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