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UOhio inmates face long waits for treatment by physicians who often are overworked and sometimes have histories of disciplinary problems, a Columbus newspaper and television station's investigation shows. For example, at the supermax Ohio State Penitentiary in Youngstown, one inmate waited five days for heart surgery while another waited 16 months for an operation to remove a lump on his shoulder that grew to the size of a billiard ball.