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...Wacker said his confidence in UHS's legal position stems from the fact that in its early stages, appendicitis is very difficult to differentiate from other less serious intestinal ailments. He said that therefore the doctor was not negligent in diagnosing the appendicitis as gastroentritis, or common stomach...
...Wacker did say that Munch was asked to wait for a surgeon to examine her during the February 27 UHS visit, but that she instead left after the first doctor examined...
...January letter to Alberta Arthurs, acting dean of freshmen, the Munch family, and Wacker, Joseph D. Blair '74, senior advisor to freshmen, concluded that the doctor on duty December 17 was "remiss in his duties" and had "made a hasty diagnosis of her illness...
...Wacker refused yesterday to name the doctors involved. UHS has been sued for malpractice in the past, he said, but he couldn't recall how often. He said that UHS's insurance company hires attorneys to defend malpractice suits...
...Wacker cited the nurse's advice to return to UHS as further evidence that the University will, in his opinion, not be convicted of malpractice...