A Washington state judge has issued an arrest warrant for a woman who has refused for more than a year to isolate or receive treatment for her tuberculosis, health officials said Friday.
“We have worked with family and community members for more than a year to do everything we can to persuade this woman to take her medication to protect herself and our community,” said Nigel Turner, the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department’s director of communicable disease control, in aHealth officials brought the issue before the county court for the 16th time on Feb. 24.
Sorenson’s warrant authorized law enforcement to detain the unidentified woman and transport her to a facility in Pierce County for isolation, testing and treatment. “Respondent’s objections to the Order of February 24, 2023 are noted, preserved, and deemed insufficient to alter the Court’s order,”, adding that those transporting her should be aware that they are handling “a patient with active tuberculosis and appropriate precautions should be taken.”
It is unclear why the woman, who is identified in court documents as V.N., has refused to isolate or receive treatment. Sarah Tofflemire, the woman’s court-appointed defense attorney, told The Post that “since this is both a case concerning confidential health-care information and an ongoing matter, I cannot provide any further comment.”In court filings, Tofflemire said the woman “has not acknowledged the existence of her own medical condition,”
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