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Mon 10 Oct 2008Hundreds of mistakes made by consultant
HUNDREDS OF mistakes were made by a locum consultant radiologist who worked at two hospitals in the northeast, according to a report to be published this month.
The report, which details the findings of a review of some 6,000 chest X-rays and 70 CT scans reported on by the consultant while he worked at hospitals in Drogheda and Navan between August 2006 and August 2007, will say that nine patients with lung cancer had a delayed diagnosis as a result of the errors made.
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