LUNG cancer cases were missed in a Portsmouth hospital, after patients’ chest x-rays weren’t checked by properly trained radiologists, according to hospital watchdog, the Care Quality Commission . Daily Express :: Health Feed
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Lung cancer cases go UNNOTICED in hospital after ‘x-rays weren’t checked properly’
Three patients suffered “serious consequences”, after signs of lung cancer went unnoticed in the Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, said the CQC. There was a backlog of 23,000 chest x-rays from the previous 12 months at the hospital, it said. X-rays hadn’t been formally reviewed by radiologists, or appropriately-trained physicians. Junior doctors were given responsibility for […]
Fuel leak on United Airlines flight goes unnoticed by crew (VIDEO)
Published time: 18 Jun, 2017 09:59 Flying with United Airlines became even less attractive this week after a concerned passenger posted a video online showing fuel gushing from the wing of a jet ready to take off from Newark airport, as the flight crew dismissed the spill as “normal.” “Sit down, it’s normal,” a flight […]
