More than 1,300 people are wrongly diagnosed with coronavirus and told to self-isolate after NHS lab error The DHSC said 1,311 people were incorrectly told they had tested positive There was an issue with a batch of testing chemicals, making the results void It is not known whether the error affected regional figures of infection rates … Read more
The head doctor of an intensive care unit in Yemen spent 10 days in a coronavirus-induced coma after being misdiagnosed with dengue fever because experts didn’t think Covid-19 had reached the country. Dr Madhi Mahdi Abdel Kawi, head of ICU at Aden German International Hospital, was initially diagnosed with the tropical disease spread by mosquitoes … Read more
Two-in-three people are misdiagnosed after turning to ‘Dr Google‘ with their symptoms, new research shows. Online symptom checkers got the right illness just 36 per cent of the time, and placed it in the top three in only 52 per cent of cases. Warnings to visit health services were also inappropriate in more than half … Read more
‘Autism wasn’t talked about in the 90s’: Jonathan Ross reveals his daughter is on the autistic spectrum but was misdiagnosed as a child By Ellie Phillips For Mailonline Published: 12:52 BST, 17 May 2020 | Updated: 13:08 BST, 17 May 2020 Jonathan Ross has revealed one of his daughters is on the autistic spectrum, but … Read more
Children could be at risk of suffering deadly heart damage if Kawasaki disease is misdiagnosed as coronavirus, top medics fear. NHS chiefs have warned of a spike in youngsters with an ‘inflammatory syndrome’, which has left a dozen critically-ill in intensive care. Health officials fear it is a complication of COVID-19 and say it has … Read more