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The hospital auditor argues that because the neurological clinic is using a significant amount of the Rodriguez family's funds to develop new diagnostic technologies, instead of letting the money flow directly to patients, the clinic is violating the Rodriguez family's stipulation that the funds all be used to minimize patients' suffering. The clinic administrator responds to this claim by pointing out that discovering new diagnostic technologies can allow early diagnosis of many neurological disorders, and patients diagnosed early usually suffer much less than patients diagnosed at a later stage. Thus, the clinic administrator implies that the funds used to develop new diagnostic technologies are helping minimize patients' suffering, and the clinic is not violating the Rodriguez family's terms.
The hospital auditor's argument assumes that the funds used to develop new diagnostic techniques are not contributing to the reduction of patients' suffering, since that money is not going directly to patients. The clinic administrator's argument points out additional information that undermines this assumption. She points out that contrary to what the auditor assumes, the development of new diagnostic technologies can actually contribute significantly to reducing patients' suffering. By implication, the funds allocated to developing new diagnostic technologies may well fall under the purview of "minimizing patient suffering", which is what the Rodriguez family funds were meant to do. Thus, the administrator undermines the hospital auditor's claim that the clinic is violating the terms of the donation.
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