The Rikers Island detainee who died on July 4 was provided the opioid-reversing drug Narcan four times before being taken to Elmhurst Hospital, where he died, documents show.
Make your contribution now and help Gothamist thrive in 2023.by The Daily News and later provided by a source to Gothamist, shows that 40-year-old Felix Taveras was complaining of chest pains late Monday night. Just after midnight, medical staff then deemed him “unresponsive” and administered four doses of Narcan. Taveras was pronounced dead at 1:21 a.m.
Officers were suspended for procedural violations in connection with the incident, the Department of Correction Wednesday. But a spokesperson for the Department of Correction did not respond to questions about the reasons behind the suspension.died of drug overdosesTaveras is the fourth person to die this year while being held in city custody. The federal monitor who oversees Rikers has previously alleged that correction officials were withholding accurate information about two of the deaths,
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