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Brett Allen Fields entered Lee County Prison on July 6, 2007. His lawsuit against the Lee County Sheriff's Office claims that only four days later, July 10, he requested to have an injury looked at. A prison nurse identified it as a boil, caused by Staphylococci, and gave an unsuccessful treatment. Later attempts to gain medical care were ignored and early August he began to experience back pain and physical weakness. On August 8 he was confined to a wheelchair and the next morning, only when his innards started to come outside of him, they sent him for an examination by a doctor and he was diagnosed with Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus or MRSA. MRSA is potentially fatal if not treated and even after two years Fields remains partially paralyzed.
The Sheriff's Office and Prison Health Services refused comment.
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