Guest hitoallusa Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 Well I guess it can happen... http://news.yahoo.com/texas-woman-underwent-chemo-after-false-diagnosis-132745549.html Quote
Guest NCBored Posted July 17, 2013 Posted July 17, 2013 That's really scary! Apparently her physician "misread the lab results". I'm not sure whether that means he misinterpreted data or misread the summary results report. I think we are often too accepting or trusting of physicians, forgetting that they are human too & capable of error. 2 years ago, my father had 2 suspicious places on his skin biopsied. When the lab reported that one of them was melanoma, the dermatologist did a second biopsy, to make sure that the specimens hadn't been mislabeled (because he had suspected the OTHER spot.) We were willing to do that, and I think it was justified. Recently, I went to my GP for a cholesterol test. Although they drew 3 vials of blood, they have no record that any tests were ever run. My main concern is what happened to that blood - was it disposed of, or was it incorrectly labeled for another patient (who might get inappropriate treatment as a result.) When I raised the issue with my GP, he mentioned that his dermatologist misplaced a biopsy specimen recently. Quote
