Within days of getting a jailhouse tattoo from another inmate at the state prison in Reidsville, Randall Davison’s forearm began showing the first signs of infection.
It became swollen and inflamed. For nearly two weeks—until Davison was taken to a hospital with septic shock and organ failure—he repeatedly sought treatment from medical personnel working for a state contractor hired by the Department of Corrections, according to a new federal lawsuit. But instead of treating with antibiotics what became a raging staph infection, Davison’s symptoms were misdiagnosed and his repeated pleas for help were ignored, according to the complaint.
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