GP cleared of negligence in $300,000 delayed cancer diagnosis case
The patient's non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma would not have shown up on an X-ray or MRI, finds the ACT Supreme Court
A GP has won a negligence case after a patient claimed he failed to organise tests that would have allowed her cancer to be diagnosed earlier, improving her prognosis.
The Canberra-based doctor successfully argued that the patient’s non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma would not have been identified, even if he had referred her for further investigations when she first presented with leg pain.
