Published in TB and Outbreaks Week, July 24th, 1995
The Wichita Falls State Hospital patient had been tested in late June 1995 and told he might have TB. The hospital told him he had no choice but to undergo further testing at Wichita General Hospital, according to reports in the Times Record News of Wichita Falls, Texas.
A spokesperson for the general hospital told a reporter that the patient had been treated for pneumonia and tested positive to a tuberculosis skin test before being sent to Wichita General Hospital. Initially, he had flatly refused the skin...
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