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Transplant patient receives $6 million settlement over infected kidney (access required)

By: Tony Ogden
Published: September 9, 2010

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A transplant patient who contracted bacterial meningitis from an infected kidney — which went untreated for weeks and resulted in brain damage — will receive a $6 million settlement from Rush University Medical Center.

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