When Zak's Café owner James George started to get sick, he knew the cause.
Since doctors diagnosed him with diverticulitis in 2005, he'd gone a few rounds with the chronic digestive condition.
"After you've had it for a while, you can tell if it's flaring up," he said.
The uninsured restaurateur went to the emergency room at Wrangell Medical Center in the last week of August. Doctors then sent him to Ketchikan Medical Center to stabilize him and perform surgery. Instead of surgery, doctors in Ketchikan decided to treat him with a standard course of antibiotics and a liquid diet, and sent him h...
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