A doctor who diagnosed a man with a pinched nerve hours before he was rushed to hospital and later found to have meningitis said his patient had no symptoms of the disease, a Sydney court heard last week., Joe Camilleri is suing Bathurst doctor Richard Medbury for negligence, claiming he failed to carry out the necessary investigations which would have revealed he had contracted the potentially fatal virus., The 50-year-old former production assistant, of Hawkes Nest on the NSW north coast, has been left brain damaged, blind and requires 24-hour assistance., Mr Camilleri, whose memory has been affected by the condition, earlier told the NSW Supreme Court he had been suffering from headaches and a stiff neck for several days before he went to see his family GP, Dr Medbury, on April 29, 2000., Dr Medbury gave him an injection for a pinched nerve but hours later Mr Camilleri fell off his bed in a thrashing fit., He was then rushed to hospital, where he remained in a coma for 12 days diagnosed with meningitis., Dr Medbury's counsel Ian Wales, SC, today told the court his client was satisfied he made the correct diagnosis and "there was nothing to predict the onset of meningitis”., Full story in the Western Advocate.