DesertFox
02-01-2007, 06:07 PM
One woman has died and two more are unlikely to survive after one of Britain's worst breast cancer screening blunders, it has emerged.
They were among 18 patients wrongly given the all-clear by "arrogant" consultant radiologist Dr Amjad Husien.
His mistakes meant they faced a potentially fatal delay in treatment of up to two years. Some went on to have their breasts removed in surgery which may not have been necessary had they been diagnosed earlier.
Dr Husien, who worked at two hospitals in Greater Manchester, could have been stopped 18 months earlier if fellow doctors' warnings about his behaviour had been heeded.
His "personal misreading" of breast X-rays was never routinely double - checked and women patients paid the price, an independent report found.
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Dr Asshole Husien
It said his colleagues had been "immediately" concerned about the way he worked. Although they raised the alarm within months of his arrival at Trafford General Hospital, he was allowed to continue working.
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They were among 18 patients wrongly given the all-clear by "arrogant" consultant radiologist Dr Amjad Husien.
His mistakes meant they faced a potentially fatal delay in treatment of up to two years. Some went on to have their breasts removed in surgery which may not have been necessary had they been diagnosed earlier.
Dr Husien, who worked at two hospitals in Greater Manchester, could have been stopped 18 months earlier if fellow doctors' warnings about his behaviour had been heeded.
His "personal misreading" of breast X-rays was never routinely double - checked and women patients paid the price, an independent report found.
http://img.dailymail.co.uk//i/pix/2007/02_1/AHusienDM010207_228x516.jpg
Dr Asshole Husien
It said his colleagues had been "immediately" concerned about the way he worked. Although they raised the alarm within months of his arrival at Trafford General Hospital, he was allowed to continue working.
More (http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23383942-details/The+women+sentenced+to+die+by+arrogance/article.do)