Two stories, in a huge list of similar orthopedic stories from Perryville.
Patient #1 fell at the kitchen and came down hard on her knee. She received the usual dismissive treatment from medical, with no ice chrono or promise of an x-ray. Her knee was the size of a basketball for a week before the nurses would even look at it. They put her off for 6 weeks before giving her an x-ray, and finding out the knee was broken in 2 places. Another 3 months went by before she saw a real doctor. He shook his head and told her he’d have to re-break it and do extensive reconstruction before she could walk on it again.
Patient #2 fared no better with her broken wrist. Medical had no time for an x-ray until 2 months later, and that showed her wrist broken in two with a chip out. Another two months for “urgent” orthopedic consult, and the doctor was amazed the prison let her arm knit crooked, with her fingers being numb. The orthopedic doctor said this would require extensive complex surgery to even restore partial use of her wrist and fingers.