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Ongoing Incompetence by Disciplined Doctor Doesn't Establish Indifference

Loaded on May 15, 2008

Filed under: Pain, Skeletal Injury, Malpractice, Conditions of Confinement, Staffing, Supervisory Liability. Location: Pennsylvania.

The plaintiff fell and broke his hip. A nurse concluded that he was merely bruised and didn't need to see a doctor. Three days later he saw a doctor at regular sick call who gave him an ace bandage for his knee and pain medications but didn't order an x-ray. ...

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