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Freeport man to sue hospital over hepatitis diagnosis

Thomas Robinson thought the worst of his medical woes were finally behind him when he was released from Nassau University Medical Center after 18 days.

That is, until he got a letter in May from the hospital, explaining that there was a chance that an employee had pricked him with an insulin pen that had already been used on other patients.

At the hospital's recommendation, Robinson,...

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