Florence Hospital’s inmate wing now taking patients
by Mark Cowling | Florence Reminder & Blade Tribune
Florence Hospital on Hunt Highway is putting patients in its little-used secure inmate wing, a top official told the Town Council Monday.
Damon Brown, regional president of Steward Healthcare, which operates the local hospital, said Florence Hospital began taking inmate patients on Dec. 16. The hospital has worked closely with Arizona Corrections Director David Shinn and his team, “and we’re very excited to have that open,” Brown said. “We do have about seven inmates in there today.”
Brown said state correctional officers are on the premises to maintain security “and it’s going very well. I know that’s been a long time coming for the Florence community and certainly the Department of Corrections. We look forward to a long-term relationship with the state as that unit continues to grow.”
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