Many times patients and their families simply want to know what happened when there has been an injury or
fatality at a medical facility, and yet doctors feel hamstrung as they are afraid that any discussion will be utilized against them as an expression of culpability.
A Nassau County jail inmate died yesterday, marking the sixth inmate custody
fatality this year
at a time when the East Meadow
facility's private
medical provider has come under intense scrutiny after allegations of negligent care.