Burn victim dies
A 27-year-old housepainter without medical insurance has died of burns in Baltimore City Hospital after about 40 other hospitals refused to treat him. John Lacey suffered second- and third-degree burns over 95 per cent of his body on May 5 at his home in Savannah, Georgia, and was admitted to a Savannah hospital. Doctors decided he needed more specialised attention and abqut 40 burn-treatment centres were contacted. Twothirds of them refused to take Mr Lacey because he lacked medical insurance, while the others said they were full. — Baltimore.
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Press, 2 June 1982, Page 4
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