Thomas Sammarco, a 73-year-old white man, entered the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northport, New York, expecting care and routine decisions made in his best interest. Instead, in early October 1993, the choices recorded in his chart would become part of the suspicion that something darker was happening on the wards—a pattern of sudden collapses that trailed one resident physician.
According to the federal case narrative, Dr. Michael J. Swango was working at the Northport VA as p
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