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Report: Jason Pierre-Paul also has fractured thumb
Posted by Curtis Crabtree on July 9, 2015
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This may fall under the category of worrying about a boiling pot when the house is on fire.
But according to Ed Werder of ESPN, New York Giants defensive end
Jason Pierre-Paul also has
fractures in his right thumb that will take six weeks to heal, assuming there are no further complications from his injuries.
Pierre-Paul had to have his right index finger amputated on Wednesday following an incident with fireworks over the weekend landed him in the hospital. Considering he’s lost one finger altogether, having a broken finger may not ultimately be that great a concern.
Broken fingers heal. Defensive players and linemen are also prone to playing through the injuries more often than not anyway. But given the severity of the rest of Pierre-Paul’s injuries, this may not be a simple broken finger when all is said and done. Only time will tell how he’s able to recover from multiple surgeries.
The report says Pierre-Paul is expected to remain in the hospital
an additional 2-3 days.
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ESPN defends publication of Pierre-Paul’s medical record
Posted by Mike Florio on July 9, 2015
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Plenty of people have concerns about ESPN’s decision to publish an image of
Jason Pierre-Paul’s medical records. ESPN claims it has no such concerns.
“
HIPAA does not apply to news organizations,” ESPN said in a statement issued Wednesday night, via CNN.
Regardless of whether the federal law known as HIPAA extends beyond health-care providers (it doesn’t), state privacy laws could apply. Likewise, the court of public opinion always has jurisdiction, and many remain confused by the unnecessary effort to validate an accurate report that no one would have seriously doubted.
ESPN didn’t shy away from publishing the medical record beyond Twitter; it also showed up on
SportsCenter last night. (The 7:00 a.m. ET
SportsCenter on ESPN2 did not include an image of the record, which perhaps says much more than the seven-word statement issued to ESPN.)
The issue extends beyond the public figure at the heart of the case. The record as posted on Twitter also includes information regarding a 65-year-old male patient with the initials “FC,” whose procedure began at 3:09 p.m. ET on Wednesday. Related information about the procedure (“HAND MAJOR, HAND MICRO, ELBOW RETRACT”) appears above the information about Pierre-Paul’s procedure.
While the other patient isn’t identified beyond the initials, that information definitely should have been redacted before the medical report was displayed to the public.
Absent redaction, it’s all the more reason that ESPN should have simply reported that the finger was being amputated, without showing the medical record. No one was going to dispute the report; instead, a slew of confirming reports would have quickly followed. Besides, if anyone had doubted the report upon its release, ESPN eventually would have been proven right.
Instead, ESPN is now dealing with a situation far stickier than random folks on Twitter questioning the accuracy of the initial report of an amputation.
