Dairy of a Madman

HoustonChronicle.com - Hospital investigates death of doctor in elevator: “Officials at Christus St. Joseph Hospital today will learn more about the death of a staff doctor who was killed over the weekend in a fatal elevator accident.

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Hitoshi Nikaidoh, 35, of Dallas, a surgical resident at the downtown Houston hospital, was stepping into a second-floor elevator about 9:30 a.m. Saturday when the doors suddenly closed, pinning his shoulders. His head was severed when the elevator car moved upwards.

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A female hospital employee witnessed the accident and spent about 20 minutes trapped inside the malfunctioning elevator until firefighters were able to rescue her. Although she wasn’t injured, the traumatized employee was taken to the hospital’s emergency room to be treated for shock. “