By David Ovalle
Miami Herald
MIAMI-DADE — The director and the doctor in charge of medical services at Miami-Dade’s beleaguered jail system have both resigned, following a recent rash of inmate deaths and complaints about shoddy medical service.
Director Patrick Morse and Dr. Calixto Calderon were both employees of the corrections arm of Jackson Health System, which runs medical care services for the county’s jails.
In their resignation letters signed Tuesday and released by Jackson on Wednesday, neither man mentioned the recent turmoil at the jail medical services unit, and Jackson would not say if they resigned under pressure.
Still, Jackson CEO Officer Carlos Migoya acknowledged the resignations in a letter Wednesday to Jackson’s board of trustees, saying that “important operational challenges” remain, and that Jackson is “in the midst of a detailed review of operating procedures.”
The letter did not detail what procedures would be reviewed. Migoya was not available for comment.
Full story: After inmate deaths, Miami-Dade jail medical services heads resign