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1 family physician was there, Dr. Conanan at that time.
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2 The chest tube remained in the chest while
3 the fluid was draining and it was ultimately removed
4 and Mr. Wood was released from the hospital on
5 December 28th, 1989.
6 Again, at that time they had not made a
7 diagnosis and did not know what was causing Mr. Wood's
8 problem.
9 Now, right after the new year in 1990,
10 January 4th of 1990, Dr. Conanan who was Mr. Wood's
11 treating family physician had him admitted again at
12 Baltimore County General Hospital because he was still
13 having pain in his right chest and he was admitted at
14 that time for right-sided pleural effusion.
15 He had -- excuse me, he had a CT scan at
16 that time which is a diagnostic test, and that scan
17 showed that he had extensive pleural changes with
18 chronic pleural thickening which is a marker that he
19 had possibly some type of asbestos exposure.
20 On January 14th, Dr. Moko, who is a doctor
21 at Baltimore County General Hospital recommended that