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IDProjectCategoryView StatusDate SubmittedLast Update
0000349Dwarf FortressDwarf Mode -- Jobs, Healthcarepublic2010-04-03 20:372015-12-10 10:21
Reporteroliver 
Assigned ToFootkerchief 
PrioritylowSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
StatusacknowledgedResolutionopen 
PlatformOSWindows XPOS Version
Product Version0.31.01 
Target VersionFixed in Version 
Summary0000349: Animal "needs diagnosis" but never gets attended to
DescriptionI had an injured war dog that, according to the health screen, needs diagnosis (keyed as "D"). (Wound was a fractured leg, IIRC - sadly that save was lost to a subsequent crash so I can't check now).

However, no-one was interested in looking at him. I had an equipped hospital zone, a kennel, and a dwarf with only healthcare plus animal training plus animal caretaking enabled, and he sat there idle and completely ignored the dog.
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information
Tagshealthcare, Intentional/Expected?
Relationships
parent of 0001100resolved Logical2u animals show up on z-health screen for diagnosis (D), are not diagnosed, are not removed when healed (or dead?) 
has duplicate 0002114closed Logical2u poor dog with a broken back 
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Issue History
Date ModifiedUsernameFieldChange
2010-04-03 20:37oliverNew Issue
2010-04-03 20:37oliverTag Attached: healthcare
2010-04-03 20:40FootkerchiefNote Added: 0000772
2010-04-11 14:27DwarfuIssue Monitored: Dwarfu
2010-04-14 10:43FootkerchiefRelationship addedparent of 0001100
2010-05-31 15:04Logical2uRelationship addedhas duplicate 0002114
2010-06-02 09:59DwarfuIssue End Monitor: Dwarfu
2010-06-18 23:04RhenayaIssue Monitored: Rhenaya
2010-06-18 23:06RhenayaNote Added: 0008666
2010-06-19 02:23ContiIssue Monitored: Conti
2010-06-22 08:14MaXMCNote Added: 0008948
2010-07-11 17:18Jon-AceNote Added: 0009987
2010-07-11 18:17UntelligentNote Added: 0009994
2010-07-11 18:31FootkerchiefTag Attached: Intentional?
2010-07-12 12:03FootkerchiefTag RenamedIntentional? => Intentional/Expected?
2010-07-16 08:42DuckyNote Added: 0010420
2010-09-01 19:02RossMIssue Monitored: RossM
2011-03-02 13:27KogutNote Added: 0015685
2011-03-02 13:57kwielandNote Added: 0015686
2011-03-02 14:11FootkerchiefSummaryAnimals in need of diagnosis never get attended to => Animal "needs diagnosis" but never gets attended to
2011-05-18 00:11zweiIssue Monitored: zwei
2011-10-21 01:32KogutNote Added: 0018870
2012-02-14 20:44krenshalaNote Added: 0019592
2014-01-24 06:48FootkerchiefAssigned To => Footkerchief
2014-01-24 06:48FootkerchiefStatusnew => acknowledged
2014-07-01 20:01FootkerchiefRelationship addedhas duplicate 0006516
2014-07-01 20:04FootkerchiefRelationship deletedhas duplicate 0006516
2015-12-10 10:21TalvienoNote Added: 0033727

Notes
(0000772)
Footkerchief   
2010-04-03 20:40   
This happens because the issue of veterinary medicine is still in limbo. It's pretty much expected behavior, although the "Needs diagnosis" part might count as a bug.
(0008666)
Rhenaya   
2010-06-18 23:06   
i still want my war grizzleys and stuff to get healed, i have enough meat on my stockpiles even without them :/
(0008948)
MaXMC   
2010-06-22 08:14   
Why doesn't the Animal Care skill work here?
Shouldn't a Diagnostician with Animal Care also diagnose animals?
That would be preferable.
If not, then please remove the dogs from from the health screen.
(0009987)
Jon-Ace   
2010-07-11 17:18   
Confirmed and I second MaXMC.
(0009994)
Untelligent   
2010-07-11 18:17   
Animal Care has never worked, to the extent of my knowledge.

It's just something hat Toady's never gotten around to doing.
(0010420)
Ducky   
2010-07-16 08:42   
Animal Care "worked" in .40d, in the sense that dwarves would generate care for animal or whatever the wording was tasks if a pet or an animal assigned to them was injured and they had the Animal Care job enabled. I'm not sure if it did anything, but they did it.
Here I'd guess the problem is either that the animals don't go to the hospital when injured, and thus cannot be diagnosed, or that animal care is still restricted to the owner of the injured animal, so they'd only get diagnosed if their owner was the chief medical dwarf.
(0015685)
Kogut   
2011-03-02 13:27   
I think that normal doctor skills should be used (and trained)
(0015686)
kwieland   
2011-03-02 13:57   
My observations corroborate Duckys.
(0018870)
Kogut   
2011-10-21 01:32   
Still in 31.25
(0019592)
krenshala   
2012-02-14 20:44   
Just thought I'd throw out there that it still happens in 34.01. My poor cat with its broken legs (mining accident, that killed the miner and broke up the cat) ...
(0033727)
Talvieno   
2015-12-10 10:21   
Still happens. I was very surprised to see some of my semi-wild animals requesting diagnosis in the z > health screen.