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1 results?
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2 A I don't remember the exact date. It takes a
3 few days, sometimes a week to get the second opinion
4 and report back.
5 Q That would have been after October of 1980
6 when you would have operated on him?
7 A That is correct.
8 Q Now, when you discharged Mr. Vandergucht,
9 was he discharged with any type of pain medication?
10 A I believe he went home with Tylenol and
11 codeine.
12 Q Now, sir, as a result of the report that
13 came back confirming the malignant mesothelioma, did
14 you have him referred for any type of outpatient
15 evaluations?
16 A Yes. He was referred to Dr. Ron Ginsberg,
17 who is a gastroenterologist, who had privileges at our
18 hospital and Northwest or Baltimore County, and
19 because there was some concern that there might be a
20 primary tumor somewhere in the abdominal cavity
21 causing this spread into the hernia, we wanted to work