Doctors didn’t perform routine scan ahead of man’s death
They wrongly assumed he had had an MI and 'overlooked' a head injury from a fall: Tasmanian coroner
Doctors’ failure to perform a routine CT scan on a man who later died in hospital from a brain haemorrhage “markedly reduced” his chances of survival, according to coronial findings.
Tasmanian Coroner Simon Cooper says it is unclear why Launceston General Hospital staff didn’t perform the procedure on Barry Alyn Lumley, who was misdiagnosed as having an MI.
