‘A nightmare’: Doctors react after govt promises patients immediate access to test results
The Federal Government will scrap the seven-day delay on patient access to pathology and imaging results in My Health Record.
“A patient with a large uterine fibroid read and misunderstood the radiologist’s report.
“She believed her condition was terminal.
“I was called to her home because, that night, in her despair, she swallowed 20 tablets of nitrazepam in a bid to end her life.
“She survived because of speedy intervention and thankfully is still alive today.”
