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PUBLISHED 7:45 PM ET Jul. 16, 2021 PUBLISHED 7:45 PM EDT Jul. 16, 2021
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A whistleblower lawsuit was filed against the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision for allegedly forcing a clinical physician with 40 years of experience to resign after he spoke out about medical practices within state prisons.
Dr. Michael Salvana, a physician who worked for the Department of Corrections from 2003 to 2020, said he was forced to leave his employment after he spoke out against a policy that prohibited him from prescribing certain medications to incarcerated individuals.
Dr. Salvana’s lawyer, Carlo de Oliveira Esq., an attorney with Cooper Erving & Savage and co-counsel in Dr. Salvana’s whistleblower lawsuit, said that incarcerated individuals should not be receiving different care than those outside prison.