Tag: Harvoni
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TDOC Inmate Whose Story Publicized On Air Now Receiving Hepatitis C Treatment
“THE GREATER GOOD” by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 10, 2018) — A Tennessee state inmate whose lack of treatment for advanced Hepatitis C was aired on the “Nooganomics” radio show in mid-March reported in a letter received on Tuesday that as of March 30, he began receiving treatment for the disease. Danny Shockley, #247280, who is…
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Tenessee Inmate Fears Death Will Precede Hepatitis C Treatment
CLAIMS EIGHTH AMENDMENT VIOLATION by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 27, 2017) — A letter received on Tuesday from an inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN describes an ongoing lack of access to life-saving and other medications corroborated by a series of reports by WSMV-Channel 4 in Nashville earlier this year. Although…
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TTCC Inmate Reports Some Good News
MEDICATION FOR ACID REFLUX DISEASE MYSTERIOUSLY DENIED, NOW RESTORED by Sharon Rondeau (Nov. 10, 2017) — An inmate at the Trousdale Turner Correctional Center (TTCC) in Hartsville, TN, where medical care has been reported as inconsistent and at times inaccessible, told The Post & Email in a letter received on Monday that his medication for…