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[Xheia]

I have this one Lasher dwarf who got a compound, overlapping fracture in the right ankle and foot - and he needs diagnosis pretty much every day, and doesn't seem to get better. He's gotten about 60 diagnoses so far, over 5 months. He also has an infection (which may be causing the diagnoses, I think), and he's in a traction bench. He needs a crutch - and no one has given him.

I've done the whole healthcare shebang - hospital, soap, cloth, thread, well, soap, nurses, medical dwarf, crutches, splints, plaster powder, etc. I also checked that he's not stuck in the traction bench by deconstructing it.

What's going on? Can I get him to heal faster? Is there any way to cure infection?

As an aside, I also have two slightly injured, but functioning (not in hospital) marksdwarves, both with infections - can they get healed?

[Corai]

You have five dwarves with one of the healthcare jobs on? And a head-medical dwarf with diagnosing?

[Xheia]

I haven't specialized them quite so much, but my chief dwarf has all the labors enabled, in addition to two others who have all of them enabled. Two more do only diagnosis and feed, recover. I have several other dwarves with various healthcare stuff enabled, but they haven't done anything much. (I've disabled hauling, and sometimes burrowed the dwarves I specified.)

[Finn]

You have five dwarves with one of the healthcare jobs on? And a head-medical dwarf with diagnosing?

Why does the cmd need diagnosing on?

[NTJedi]

I have this one Lasher dwarf who got a compound, overlapping fracture in the right ankle and foot - and he needs diagnosis pretty much every day, and doesn't seem to get better. He's gotten about 60 diagnoses so far, over 5 months. He also has an infection (which may be causing the diagnoses, I think), and he's in a traction bench.

I've had this happen... not much you can do except keep waiting.

He needs a crutch - and no one has given him.

Use the level above your hospital to drop him a crutch, drink or food on his bed.    Just don't drop him a statue.

I've done the whole healthcare shebang - hospital, soap, cloth, thread, well, soap, nurses, medical dwarf, crutches, splints, plaster powder, etc. I also checked that he's not stuck in the traction bench by deconstructing it.

What's going on? Can I get him to heal faster? Is there any way to cure infection?

What's his personality profile say about his healing rate??  If it says he heals very slowly then you might as well give him a bunch of magazines and expect it to take another year.

There's no way to cure infections (at this time)... and the infection could kill him.

[Garath]

supposedly a CMD with good diagnose skills give better health screen reports. There is however no reason that dwarf needs to be the only medical dwarf. In fact, since minecarts, pretty much all my non-essential dwarfs (haulers) have been recruited to first aid staff

[DTF]

and he's in a traction bench.

As an aside, I also have two slightly injured, but functioning (not in hospital) marksdwarves, both with infections - can they get healed?

Tried deconstructing the traction bench? Maybe some job is stuck and prevents further treatment.
Does his health screen say that he needs diagnosis or any other treatment - check the different tabs.

Infections may heal on their own, some may not. Some are fairly fatal, some arent. I had a dwarf running around with infections for several years before succumbing to an arrow in the face.

[Garath]

and he's in a traction bench.

As an aside, I also have two slightly injured, but functioning (not in hospital) marksdwarves, both with infections - can they get healed?

Tried deconstructing the traction bench? Maybe some job is stuck and prevents further treatment.

yes, OP did

[Xheia]

Thanks NTJedi, it does say that he is slow to heal... that's too bad. Does anyone know a way I can get the whip off him? He's already off the squad.

[Garath]

kill him? I think he has to store it himself