When the patient first sought care, neither samples nor EKG showed anything abnormal. The X-ray examination was done because the patient had not improved.
The incident has now been reported to the Inspectorate for Care and Care (Ivo) according to lex Maria.
“Lung cancer is always a challenging diagnosis. We don’t know if it would have been possible to prevent the spread if it had been detected earlier, but it could be so,” says Magnus Garell, chief physician of the Community Health Service Halland, in a press release.