PITTSBURGH (100.1 FM and AM 1020 KDKA) One of Allegheny County Jail's doctors has been suspended from work following a published report outlining his license suspensions in other states.
Dr. Wilson Bernales is one of two medical doctors at the county jail contracted through Allegheny Health Network.
The Post-Gazette reports that following the report by the Pittsburgh Institute of Nonprofit Journalism, Dr. Bernales was suspended Wednesday.
A larger assessment of his qualifications and state license is to be conducted during the suspension.
In the interim, clinical duties at the jail will be assumed by other rotating clinicians.
