UK MD's apologise after they missed 39 chances to diagnose tumour that killed woman

Doctors apologise after they missed 39 chances to diagnose tumour that killed pensioner

Health chiefs have apologised to the family of a woman whose lung cancer was missed - even though she was seen by doctors 39 times in three years.

Jean Cross, 60, died alone in a hospital toilet after being misdiagnosed with a ‘frozen shoulder’ when she actually had a tumour so large it was pressing into her arm.

She repeatedly visited her local health centre over three years and was prescribed painkillers and advised to have physiotherapy for a frozen shoulder.

But Jean, of Moray, Scotland, died on a hospital toilet floor on April 5, just hours before scan results finally revealed the tumour.

Representatives from the hospital and her GP have now admitted mistakes were made by doctors who treated her.

A doctor at the GP surgery told her family: ‘Clearly, what we thought was wrong with her sadly did not turn out to be the case.’

Mrs Cross' husband Colin broke down in tears after meeting with NHS Grampian representatives and said all he had wanted was for someone to acknowledge there had been blunders and apologise.

Carer Mrs Cross started to get pains in her shoulder in February 2008 and was seen repeatedly at Ardach Health Centre in Buckie, Moray, Scotland.

Her family said medical records showed she went to the doctor 39 times before she died at Dr Gray's Hospital in Elgin.

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At least, the 39 chances were free, right? I wonder, if they skipped the X-rays or MRI's for rationing.

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Wow!

And how about this too.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_error

 

Ahhhh yes....Socialized medicine coming to a country near you. Isn't it wonderful!!

 

No, they made mistakes. Sometimes doctors make mistakes just like everyone else.

Of course, you already know that and are just abusing the death of this woman to make your stupid little political propaganda. That's the kind of sick a doctor can't help you with.

 

Only if the money used to conduct illegal wars, kill civilians, force regime change illegally, only if the money that bailed the banks out was pumped into the NHS instead, it would be in a far better state than it's currently in. Sadly our leaders put international standing above standing with the commoner, especially Tory governments and leaders.

 

As we all know, doctors in the US never make mistakes.

 

According to Beevee's link they do!

"... medical errors caused up to 98,000 deaths annually and should be considered a national epidemic...."

Scotland's incident pales into insignificance against the US capitalist health (I hesitate to call it "care") system.