Saturday, August 10, 2013

Error nurse saved the life of an old British

Nurse filling the medical record 63-year-old Philip Burr (Philip Burr) from Carmarthen, South Wales delivered faulty mark in one of the paragraphs. This eventually led to the discovery that he conducted and timely treatment of prostate cancer. When filling out documents Burr past medical examinations, the nurse in "Do you have any problems with my prostate?" Mistakenly took the positive response, although the man was negative. As a result, led the older Briton additional tests he revealed prostate cancer. Such a survey will be carried out as a rule only when the patient discomfort. Because the tumor is detected in an early stage, surgical treatment has been successful and Burr fully recovered. Currently, he has organized a support group calls for the diagnosis of prostate cancer for all men over age 50.

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