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A University of Utah clinic paid $100,000 to quietly settle a lawsuit with the family of a prison inmate who died after a dialysis provider didn't show up to give him treatment for two days.
University of Utah health care spokeswoman Kathy Wilets said Friday that officials deeply regret the scheduling error and have taken steps to make sure nothing like it happens again.
An attorney for the family of Ramon C. Estrada has said that they're pleased with the settlement. They previously settled with the Utah State Prison for $400,000.
Estrada died of an apparent heart attack related to kidney failure in April 2015, after two technicians switched shifts and no one showed up to give him treatment. He had been imprisoned on a rape conviction in August 2005.