Doctors were negligent in Chauncey Hardy case

Romania’s health ministry says two doctors were negligent in their treatment of American basketball player Chauncey Hardy after he suffered fatal injuries. Hardy died Sunday after he was punched in a bar in the southern Romanian city of Giurgiu, where he played for a Romanian club. The 23-year-old sustained severe head injuries and died after surgery in a Bucharest hospital. Health ministry official Raed Arafat says Hardy should have been transferred to Bucharest immediately, instead of 4 1/2 hours after he arrived in a coma at the Giurgiu hospital. Arafat said the Giurgiu hospital lacked the equipment needed to determine whether Hardy had a serious skull injury _ which meant the doctors on duty should have immediately requested his transfer to Bucharest.