‘They went from, “You’ve got lung cancer” to “Merry Christmas” in about an hour. Unbelievable.' Patients of a GP practice were informed they have ‘aggressive lung cancer’ in a mass text that was supposed to wish them a Merry Christmas...
Patients of a GP practice were informed they have ‘aggressive lungAskern Medical Centre in Doncaster is believed to have sent the message with the bogus diagnosis to hundreds of people on the afternoon of December 23.Chris Reed, of Norton, South Yorkshire, was reportedly one of the people who got the text message after being tested for lung cancer – causing his partner to burst into tears.
‘They went from, “You’ve got lung cancer” to “Merry Christmas” in about an hour. Unbelievable,’ the 57-year-old said.Frustrated, the property developer rushed to the surgery to eventually be told the text was a mistake and his cancer results were, in fact, negative.Another patient, Vicky Southgate, was left ‘close to tears’ and ‘shaking’ after she read the message.
She wrote on Facebook: ‘Somethings clearly not right at Askern Medical Practice. I am fuming. I received this message and I am not the only one. I was shaking and close to tears. ‘Quite a few people in the surgery now with the same text. I was near the surgery and walked in to say “what the hell”. I am not the only one but people will now be worried if they have received this text.’
Another victim of the error, Kerry Marie, said she was left ‘raging’ after the ‘total shock and worry’.
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