Brooks v. Maryland General Hospital, Inc.

OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge:

Complaining of acute weakness and a sudden inability to walk, Robert Brooks presented himself at the emergency room of Maryland General Hospital in Baltimore on October 5, 1989, at 2:00 in the afternoon. At the time he had no medical insurance. Over six hours later he was first examined but received no treatment or evaluation; three and one-half hours later, he was transferred to the University of Maryland Medical System’s emergency room; and three hours still later, at approximately 3:15 the following morning, he was given a pan-myelogram and a CAT scan.…