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and was told by an LHD spokeswoman at the time that all recommendations of the investigation into Jayleigh’s death had been implemented, meaning all “diagnostic results are actioned daily”.Minutes show Dubbo Hospital general manager Debbie Bickerton requested an update on the situation at a clinical council meeting in February 2021, which provides a forum for senior doctors and nurses to engage with management.
The woman was sent home with pain relief and the results of the scan were not acted on or sent to her GP. In the second case, a man turned up at the hospital with appendicitis, where a CT scan also identified a swollen lymph node in his abdomen, indicating a possible primary or metastatic cancer. The staffer told the meeting the second and third cases were yet to be formally investigated and requested suggestions to “further strengthen the result-checking and follow-up process.”
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