What constitutes deliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Springfield v. Singh, No. 2:12-cv-2552 KJM AC P (E.D. Cal. 2015):
"[D]eliberate indifference to serious medical needs of prisoners constitutes the unnecessary and wanton infliction of pain, proscribed by the Eighth Amendment. This is true whether the indifference is manifested by prison doctors in their response to the prisoner's needs or by prison guards [or other prison officials] in intentionally denying or delaying access to medical care or intentionally interfering with the treatment once prescribed." Estelle v. Gamble,
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