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A man presented to the hospital complaining of a painful headache. A CT scan was ordered, but the CT scanner was not working properly. After an hour and a half of trying to repair the machine, staff made arrangements to use a backup CT scanner at an imaging center across the street, but that machine also was inoperable.

Legal Review & Commentary: Failure to transfer patient from hospital with inoperable CT scanner leads to death, $1.65 million verdict