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Associated PressFebruary 22, 2016

Calhoun-Liberty Hospital has submitted its corrective action plan to Florida health officials. The Agency for Health Care Administration cited the Blountstown facility for 10 deficiencies, many of which led to the Dec. 21 death of Barbara Dawson. The 56-year old black woman died after she was forcibly removed from the emergency room by a white […]

Associated PressFebruary 12, 2016

The hospital where a black woman died after she was forcibly removed from the emergency room by a white police officer was cited for 10 “deficiencies,” including failing to properly exam the woman when she complained of difficulty breathing, state health officials said. The secretary for Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration said the problems […]

Associated PressJanuary 6, 2016

A woman who collapsed and later died after being forcibly removed from a Florida hospital lay in the parking lot beside a police officer’s car for nearly 18 minutes before a doctor readmitted her, according to police dash-cam audio and video released on Wednesday. Attorneys for the family of Barbara Dawson renewed their charges of […]

Associated PressDecember 29, 2015

A police officer tried to put a woman into a patrol car after she collapsed at a hospital, believing that she was “making herself dead weight” to avoid going to jail, according to a police report released Monday. The woman, 57-year-old Barbara Dawson, died about 90 minutes later at Liberty-Calhoun Hospital. The state law enforcement […]

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Hospital submits corrective action plan to state agency

Hospital where woman in custody died cited for deficiencies

Woman ejected from hospital lay in parking lot 18 minutes, later died

Documents: Officer tried put woman in car after collapse at Liberty-Calhoun Hospital