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Hospital death linked to lab’s cancer diagnosis bungle

Dennis Charles Jackson died from hospital-acquired pneumonia after surgery he did not need. Picture: Roy Vandervegt/ AAP
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A MAN’S death from hospital-acquired pneumonia has been linked to a “disastrous” laboratory error that led to a mistaken lung cancer diagnosis and unnecessary surgery. South Australian Deputy State Coroner Ian White has delivered his findings into the death of Broken Hill man Dennis Charles Jackson, 67, at Royal Adelaide Hospital on January 21, 2019. […]

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