Welsh Hospital Re-Examines Cancer Tests After Doctor's Biopsy Error
Western Mail › January 17, 2008
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A welsh hospital will review the results of 4,500 cancer tests after it emerged a senior doctor may have made errors in up to 15 diagnoses. Three patients who had been given the all-clear are now being treated for cancer. Wrexham Maelor Hospital so far knows of another 12 patients who might have been wrongly told they did not have cancer or other serious conditions after their biopsy results were misinterpreted by consultant histopathologist Dr Roger Williams.
These patients have been called in for more tests by the North East Wales NHS Trust.See the full content of this document
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Welsh Hospital Re-Examines Cancer Tests After Doctor's Biopsy Error
Dr Williams, who was employed by the hospital for 25 years and was at one stage its medical director, stepped down as soon as his mistakes were discovered last September.
Yesterday the hospital's current medical director Dr Mark Scriven said determining the outcome of a biop...See the full content of this document
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