A surgical resident rotated through four Massachusetts hospitals with active TB

“The memo states that once the woman’s potential TB infection was identified by a skin test in 2004, Boston Medical Center referred her for a chest X-ray to a TB clinic run by the Boston Public Health Commission. The X-ray, which is one of the tests typically performed to ascertain whether a patient has an infectious case of TB, was scheduled for July 15, 2004, but, the document states, the doctor did not show up for the appointment.”

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