Divine Providence Hospital v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

The appellee who was the claimant in this workmen’s compensation case was employed by a hospital as an emergency room physician, working ten or fourteen hour shifts every two days. The duties of his employment required him to stand or walk much of his working time. He suffered from a condition called Charcot’s foot, a disease of the nerves of the lower extremities which causes the deterioration of the bones of the feet, the arches to collapse, the feet to flatten, and other deformity. The appellee also suffered from an arterial insufficiency in the lower limbs. These…