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A.
I didn’t call him. Probably -- I don’t know.
came in in the middle of it. Probably, Janice called him.
 
Q.
Oh, this is in Lisa’s room, during --
A.
No. This is from the MLO office.
Q.
And the nature of the phone call was what?
A.
Well, they were discussing, if she needed
sedated (sic), what might be a proper thing to sedate her
with.
 
Q.
I see.
And at some point in the conversation, you were
handed the phone?

A.
I did talk with Dr. Minkoff, yeah.
Q.
And what was the nature of that conversation?
A.
Again, we were discussing different things that,
you know, might be -- might be a good sedative. Nobody
wanted her, you know, heavily sedated or anything like
that, but I believe
-- again, I wasn’t real involved with
this stuff terrifically before, but it was my
understanding she was getting a bit more violent and, you
know, there was some concern for her own safety. It might
be better to
--

Q.
Was there an agreement reached on a course of
action?
 
A.
We discussed several things. There was --
chloral hydrate was mentioned. Actually checked around to

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