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Upstate hospitals are at odds over how to handle patients who are treated for opioid overdoses in emergency rooms.
Prisma Health s Greenville Memorial Hospital and Spartanburg Regional Healthcare System give patients naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversal drug, as they re being discharged. That s so even if they re not ready to seek recovery from addiction, they have an antidote that could keep them alive if they overdose again.
Bon Secours St. Francis hopes to distribute naloxone in the future, but a spokesperson said the hospital doesn t yet have the proper measures in place.
AnMed Health does not hand out naloxone, and its emergency room director questions the value of doing so.
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Inmate numbers for the Lycoming County Prison showed a decrease between the months of October and November.
The average daily prisoner population for male and female inmates in both the jail and the Pre-Release Center fell from 245.59 to 231.9 for the two months, according to figures released at Friday’s prison board meeting.
The male population decreased from 216.55 to 205.4.
For females, the numbers fell from 29.04 to 26.5 between October and November.
There were no transfer of inmates due to overcrowding.
The board approved the following personnel to positions:
⢠Collin Grimm and Darin Thomas, correctional officers.
⢠Olivia Fisher, bail/release officer.