Activists, patients seek MRI scan facility at Kovilpatti GH

THOOTHUKUDI: The absence of a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan facility at the Kovilpatti district headquarters ...

'I was fit and healthy but routine MRI scan left me in wheelchair - the dye poisoned me'

The nurse had an MRI scan after suffering concussion symptoms following an accidental bump to her head ...
Medical Dialogues

MRI scan breakthrough could spare thousands of heart patients from risky invasive tests

Doctors may soon be able to tell just how sick a heart failure patient really is by using a routine MRI scan, thanks to new ...

‘It’s a nightmare’: UK man sues NHS after receiving eight years of chemotherapy instead of six months

A Warwickshire man is suing an NHS trust after alleged surgical and oncology failings left him with permanent brain and sight ...

Man, 41, sues NHS after hospital gave him EIGHT years of ‘unnecessary’ chemotherapy hell

A MAN is taking legal action against the NHS after receiving eight years of “unnecessary” gruelling chemotherapy. David Bown, ...
The Manhattan Mercury

MRI breakthrough means heart patients may not need risky tests

Scientists hope their findings will potentially spare tens of thousands of future heart patients from undergoing a procedure.

Man sues NHS after being given eight YEARS of chemo instead of six months

David Bown, 41, was prescribed the drug temozolomide by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, which is at the centre of a scandal involving patients being given "unnecessary ...

MRI-based heart failure test could help frail patients avoid invasive catheterization

People with heart failure often need a test called right heart catheterization, where a tube is inserted into the heart to ...

Mum dies days after daughter stillborn because ‘doctors were late to give her MRI that could have saved them both’

A MUM has died just days after her daughter was stillborn because doctors were late to give her an MRI that could have saved them both. Tammy Mackenzie, 41, sadly died at Heartlands Hospital in ...
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Man suing NHS after given eight YEARS of chemo instead of six months

A brain tumour patient who was wrongly given chemotherapy for eight years instead of six months is now suing the NHS after ...

Patient sues NHS after chemotherapy given for eight years instead of six months

David Bown, 41, was prescribed the drug temozolomide by University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust for over eight years, with his lawyers claiming the prolonged treatment has left him wi ...
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UEA study reports MRI method to assess heart failure severity

Doctors may be able to assess the level of illness in people with heart failure using an MRI scan, according to research from the University of East Anglia.