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FROM: JOSEPH V MCCARTHY; 977 BRIDGMAN HILL ROAD; HARDWICK, VERMONT 05843; 802-472-6615; D.O.B. 08-01-1935. ON SEPTEMBER 10, 2012, I WAS REFERRED TO A DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN BLADDER RECONSTRUCTION AT DARTMOUTH-HITCHCOCK MEDICAL CENTER IN HANOVER, NH. SEVERAL WEEKS BEFORE THIS APPOINTMENT, I HAD A SUPRA PUBIC TUBE. INSTALLED. THE DOCTOR AT HANOVER OFFERED TO CHANGE IT, AS IT WAS DUE TO BE CHANGED. I AGREED. THE PROCEDURE SEEMED RATHER STRAIGHT FORWARD. I SAT ON A PATIENT TABLE, HE REMOVED THE "OLD" TUBE, AND THERE WAS NO DISCOMFORT. AS HE INSERTED THE NEW TUBE, I GASPED AND CRIED. THE DOCTOR SAID: "WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU, THIS SHOULDN'T HURT?" BREATHLESS, I SAID: "BUT IT HURTS SO BAD." HE FINISHED UP AND LEFT THE ROOM. LATER THAT DAY I WAS ADMITTED TO CENTRAL VERMONT HOSPITAL, AS THE NEW TUBE HAD GONE INTO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY, INCLUDING TH BALLOON I WAS INPATIENT FOR TWO WEEKS ... I WAS TOLD THAT THE COST OF AN EXPERT WITNESS IS BEYOND MY MEANS.