COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO—
St. Francis Medical Center
Overexertion while providing medical or custodial care · Hernias
Final narrative
An employee was positioning a patient before surgery. After moving the patient up on a bed, the employee felt pain in his right side. He was hospitalized for surgery to repair an inguinal hernia.
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