Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very nearly was Hunter's time. A video-game repairman when not delivering elbow smashes in Greenville's Southern Carolina Wrestling arena, Hunter, 27, began to feel sick back in mid-August, went to his family doctor, had tests and was told he had a liver problem. He checked into Greenville Memorial Hospital, where his enzyme levels were monitored...
What precisely caused Hunter's liver to go bad would never be firmly established, though his doctors speculated that an antiseizure medication he had been taking might have played a role. What was important was that he was getting sicker. His doctor at Greenville Memorial decided that Hunter should be in a hospital where liver transplants are done. The nearest one was the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston. The question of insurance was not a consideration in his decision...
...MUSC, Hunter became a patient of Dr. Adrian Rubin, who agreed with the Greenville doctor that Hunter needed a new liver but who also recognized that insurance was very much a factor. Rubin consulted with the hospital's financial staff, which confirmed that MUSC did not have a liver-transplant contract with Hunter's carrier, Physician's Health Plan. But, Rubin was told, Duke, where he knew the liver people, did have a PHP contract. So the physician recommended that Hunter go there. Rubin placed a call to Duke hepatologist James Trotter, explaining that he had a seriously ill transplant...
...deserted waiting room. "I know you're exhausted," she tells a pale Kim Hunter. "He's doing fine. The new liver is in, and the old one is out. He's been stable the whole time. We have two more hookups to go." She hugs Kim, who tells the doctor, "I ain't leaving. Thank...
...Bureau does host a workshop for students struggling to deal with stress at the College. However, the program is not for everyone. As Ducey says, in a few cases a good massage might be just what the doctor ordered...