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2006 Annual Report – Medical Services Annual Report
Anne Takacs, RN   Medical Co-Ordinator

     The mission of the Medical Department is to provide and coordinate medical, dental and psychiatric services to the inmate population of the Lake County Adult Detention Center.  

These services include:

bullet Medical screenings of all inmates
bullet History & Physical exam of all inmates sentenced to ten days or longer.
bullet TB screening of all inmates.
bullet Emergency medical services.
bullet Continuing care of pre-existing conditions.
bullet Diagnosis, treatment and education of new conditions.
bullet Scheduled sick call with Dr. Baster.
bullet Coordinating medical services with Mental Health
bullet Coordinating dental services with Dr. Forbes.
bullet Generating and maintaining medical records.

     In addition to providing services to inmates, the medical staff provides first aid, TB tests and hepatitis inoculations to employees.  

Medical Services: 

bullet 6,701 inmates were seen in the dispensary this year. That is an increase of 600 visits over last year.
bullet 24 ER visits
bullet 8 inmates were admitted to the hospital. Of those, 5 inmates had surgery that was paid for by Lake County.
bullet 26 inmates went out for doctor consultations. These included orthopedic, obstetric and urologic evaluations.

Dental services: 

bullet Dr. Neil Forbes has provided dental services to the jail for eleven years. He saw 233 inmates this year.

 Psychiatric Services: 

bullet Mental health services are provided through Neighboring Mental Health Center. Wendy Kelley was joined by Matt Kocsis to provide the mental health evaluations of the inmates.
bullet Laura DeHelian  APRN, PhD  continues to serve as our psychiatrist.
bullet Central Pharmacy is still being utilized to offset the cost of psychiatric medication for long term inmates. We saved $ 38,938.35 by going through Central Pharmacy.

Minimum Security Jail: 

bullet Sick call is run every Wednesday and Sunday at the minimum security jail. 434 inmates were seen there this year. If necessary, inmates are returned to the max jail for evaluation by the doctors.

2006 Review: 

bullet We have maintained our full staffing of four nurses providing sixteen hours of coverage seven days a week.
bullet Nurse Webb and Nurse Lunceford attended the Corrections Academy this year.
bullet In August and September we provided 24 hour a day medical care to a disabled inmate by adjusting the nurses schedules.
bullet An inmate that overdosed on narcotics before admission was successfully resuscitated in booking. After his release from the hospital, he gratefully returned to the jail to serve his sentence.