Drew Wilson
August 16th, 2009, 02:41 AM
A Swedish woman has reported four physicians to a national body that assesses medical negligence after they missed a brain tumour the size of a fist.
One after the other, four physicians in southern Sweden made the same diagnosis: the constant headaches their 27-year-old female patient had been experiencing were due to tension. She was prescribed painkillers to treat the headaches.
Six months later, the original doctor discovered the cause of the pain – a fist-sized tumour in the patient’s frontal lobe. The woman then reported the doctors to the Medical Responsibility Board (Hälso- och sjukvårdens ansvarsnämnd - HSAN), a national authority that assesses medical negligence in Sweden. One of the physicians has received a reprimand.
The doctor in question, who is from Småland, was the last in a long line of those who examined the woman for her severe pain.
More... (http://www.thelocal.se/21132/20090806/)
Dayum! :eek:
One after the other, four physicians in southern Sweden made the same diagnosis: the constant headaches their 27-year-old female patient had been experiencing were due to tension. She was prescribed painkillers to treat the headaches.
Six months later, the original doctor discovered the cause of the pain – a fist-sized tumour in the patient’s frontal lobe. The woman then reported the doctors to the Medical Responsibility Board (Hälso- och sjukvårdens ansvarsnämnd - HSAN), a national authority that assesses medical negligence in Sweden. One of the physicians has received a reprimand.
The doctor in question, who is from Småland, was the last in a long line of those who examined the woman for her severe pain.
More... (http://www.thelocal.se/21132/20090806/)
Dayum! :eek: