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Guard denied injury benefits after attack by inmate
Healthcare Security Weekly, June 4, 2007
Officials have denied a Cook County Correctional Officer's request for duty-related injury benefits after he was stabbed in the neck by an inmate at
Additionally, the hospital sent the 19-year officer a $3,750 medical bill for the emergency services he received the day of the stabbing, reported NBC-5 in
The guard was stabbed by a convicted murderer who was being treated at the hospital for a skin disorder. The inmate pulled out a shank, wrestled the guard for his gun, and fled down the hall. He hijacked a shuttle bus before being stopped.
The guard lost blood from the stab wound, but never gave up his 9mm handgun and chased after the inmate until he helped to stop the escape attempt. Two months after the incident, the
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