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Samuel Chifalo, 63, fell and hit his head. An ambulance crew arrived and put a cervical collar on before taking him to Parkview Medical Center<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At the hospital, the staff noted that Chifalo had difficulty moving his arms and legs. Nevertheless, emergency room physician Dr. Ashley Ostrand did not document this condition after doing a physical exam and recording Chifalo\u2019s medical history. The doctor ordered CT scans of Chifalo\u2019s neck and head and discharged him from the hospital with a referral to an orthopedic surgeon. <\/p>\n

The next day, Chifalo was unable to walk and returned to the emergency room at the same hospital. This time Dr. Ostrand ordered MRIs of his head and cervical and thoracic spinal cord regions. Chifalo was then diagnosed as having a spinal cord injury at C3-4 with quadriparesis<\/a>. Despite rehabilitation, Chifalo continued to suffer from paralysis.
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