Can a hospital provider's failure to provide adequate medical care to an inmate constitute an Eighth Amendment violation?

The failure to provide adequate medical care to prison inmates "can constitute an Eighth Amendment violation cognizable under [42 U.S.C.] 1983. [Citation.]" (Colwell v. Bannister (9th Cir. 2014) 763 F.3d 1060, 1066 (Colwell).) However, "[i]n order to prevail on an Eighth Amendment claim for inadequate medical care, a plaintiff must show 'deliberate indifference' to his 'serious medical needs.' [Citation.] This includes 'both an objective standard - that the deprivation was serious enough to constitute cruel and unusual punishment - and a subjective standard - deliberate indifference.' [Citation.]" (Ibid.)

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