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steel jackal

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my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« on: November 10, 2015, 03:03:05 pm »

my hospital works just fine most of the time
dwarves with injuries such as fractured or broken bones get brought there, patched up, given a crutch, and then limp out just fine

but about 3 of my dwarves have injuries but never go to the hospital
looking at this one urist, "her first finger, right hand is broken. her first finger, right hand is smashed open"

the health screen shows that she has no medical record

im noticing one of her traits is "she is incredibly quick to heal"
dose being a quick healer make dwarves not go get treatment?



further notes are that i do not have any burrows in this fort yet, the hospital is accessible its above ground next to a river (for the fresh water) and the dwarf has no jobs right now so its not getting distracted

i cant really see anything thats preventing them from getting treatment
i have plenty of soap, thread, cloth and splints
my medical dwarves are all just meandering around in their rooms

anyone got any ideas?

there is no "recover wounded" job and the dwarf acts like she is perfectly fine
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Re: my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2015, 05:11:47 pm »

A number of injuries cannot be treated at the hospital, and thus have to heal by themselves (if they do). I suspect finger damages are among those.
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Re: my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« Reply #2 on: November 10, 2015, 08:16:36 pm »

There's also a bug where I think nails don't have a heal rate and will stay smashed forever or untill infection sets in. There's a fix floating around somewhere adding the right token to the right part.
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Re: my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« Reply #3 on: November 15, 2015, 06:56:25 pm »

Sometimes they won't go in to the hospital in the first place so you have to break something else so they get diagnosed.
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Re: my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« Reply #4 on: November 15, 2015, 10:19:20 pm »

Heh, that sounds so threatening.
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Re: my dwarves wont go to the hospital
« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2015, 04:47:17 pm »

A number of injuries cannot be treated at the hospital, and thus have to heal by themselves (if they do). I suspect finger damages are among those.

It's not fingers, but fingernails as gestahl suggested.  Damage to the fingers themselves should trigger treatment normally.

Having said that, normal triggering of treatment is the problem.  Occasionally dwarves don't rest and / or generate recover wounded jobs correctly, and I'm not sure if anyone, including Toady, knows why for sure.  In my experience it only seems to happen for minor injuries, but usually even minor injuries will cause the dwarf to walk to the hospital for treatment.

That's why Graknorke is suggesting breaking something else on them.  Causing a new injury will usually be enough to get them to go to the hospital, at which point they'll be treated for both injuries correctly.  Drop traps are a common choice for this, which involve linking a floor over a gap 2-3 z-levels deep up to a lever, forcing the dwarf to stand on the floor, and then triggering the lever to drop them down and injure them.
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