Inmates at the Dawson County Jail could receive medical attention electronically under a proposed deal between the county, the Dawson County Hospital District, and the Lynn County Hospital District.
A contract to bring telemedicine services to the local jail was approved Thursday by Dawson County Hospital District board members during their regular monthly meeting.
The proposal stems from a grant received by the Lynn County Hospital District to provide telemedicine services.
Stokes said Lynn County Hospital District officials want to use the money to put telemedicine equipment in their own Fast Track Clinic, the Lynn County Jail, and the Dawson County Jail.
“This would ...