IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA ATLANTA DIVISION

MELVIN ROBINSON,

Plaintiff,

vs.

CIVIL ACTION FILE

CORRECTIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATES, INC.; CECELIA O. BABALOLA, M.D.; VALERIE BOLTON, LPN; CARLA SPELLS, LPN; MYRON FREEMAN; OLIVIA MGBEOKWERE, RN,

NO. 1:09-CV-01509

Defendants.

DEPOSITION OF

OLIVIA MGBEOKWERE

Friday, March 26, 2010

2:05 p.m.

1180 West Peachtree Street Atlanta, Georgia

Abigail M. Pace, RPR, B-1484

APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL

On behalf of the Plaintiff:

DANIEL E. DEWOSKIN, Esq. DeWoskin Law Firm

14 Lenox Pointe, NE Atlanta, Georgia 30324 404-869-3565

On behalf of the Defendants Correctional Medical Associates, Inc.; Cecelia o. Babalola, M.D.; Valerie Bolton, LPN; Carla Spells, LPN; and Olivia Mgbeokwere, RN:

SHAUN M. DAUGHERTY, Esq.

Hall Booth Smith & Slover, P.C. 900, Atlantic Center Plaza

1180 West Peachtree Street, NW Atlanta, Georgia 30309-3479 404-954-5000

On behalf of the Defendant Myron Freeman:

NIKISHA L. MCDONALD, Esq.

Office of Fulton County Attorney 141 Pryor Street, SW

Suite 4038

Atlanta, Georgia 30303 404-612-0246

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EXHIBIT INDEX

Plaintiff's Exhibit

Description

Page

1 Continuous Education 2007 document for Olivia Mgbeokwere

Fulton County Jail Medical/Mental

2

Health referral request

3 Fulton County Jail Medical Intake Receiving Screening Form

Fulton County Jail Physician's

4

orders

5 Urgent Care Clinic encounter dated

4/20/07 45

6 CMA diabetic management record 58

7 Medication administration record 72

8 Affidavit of Olivia Mgbeokwere 77

9 Comprehensive Medical Associates treatment of diabetes mellitus

for inmates at Fulton County Jail 110

10 Manual of Policies Procedures for Health Services of Fulton County

Jail 124

11 Plaintiff's statement of undisputed facts in support of plaintiff's

motion for summary judgment

130

(Original Exhibits 1 through 11 have been attached to the original transcript.)

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2

A.

Specifically what is the order you wrote

3 for Glucophage, the dosage and frequency?

1 that.

Q.

4

It was 500 b.i.d. That's two times a day.

5 And his blood sugar was supposed to be checked about

6 three or four times a day.

7

Q.

And tell me about the sliding scale. What

8 is this formula?

9

A.

The formula the blood sugar greater than

10 200 they have to subtract hundred from the blood sugar

11 and divide it by 30 and give him that number of

12 insulin. That's the number of units given to him.

13 Q. And when you wrote this order did you

14 expect the nurses and other CMA providers at the

15 Fulton Jail to follow them?

16 17

A.

Yes.

Are there protocols that say that when you

18 write an order like this they should be followed?

Q.

19 20

A.

I don't recall.

I mean I don't remember.

Q.

If you wrote this order unless someone

21 else, a doctor or another nurse practitioner, says no,

22 no, no, this is wrong, you would expect these orders

23 to be followed?

24 25

A.

Q.

Yes.

Would it have been acceptable for another

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1 doctor who see him on the diabetic floor, who probably

2 saw him in a few days and then decide on what regimen

3 to put him on.

4 Q. You've previously testified today, I

5 believe, that you did not change his regimen.

6 7

A.

I did not change his regimen. What I did

was put him on the safest

he was on like

8 Glucophage, which was the safest stuff. And he never

9 -- he didn't say anything again about any more any

10 other of that other medication he was on. So that was

11 the safest medication.

12

Q.

If he was taking 30 units of Lantus and

13 you prescribed him regular insulin according to

14 sliding scale is that a change of his regimen?

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

MR. DAUGHERTY: Object to the form.

THE WITNESS: Again, that wasn't a change because I didn't change anything. Regular insulin is coverage, is a coverage for blood sugar, for high blood sugar until he gets to his regular until we get a baseline as to what he

was on.

Q.

(By Mr. DeWoskin)

But you've also

23 testified, I believe, that Lantus is different than

24 regular insulin?

25

A.

Both of them are insulin except for the

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