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"Mild" headache
...The notes also reveal that the GP considered the possibility of head injury in that he recorded that there were no associated symptoms...
Root fracture
...the dentist extracts the infected tooth but no post-extraction radiograph is taken...
Shooting pains
...A GP attends her at home and notes that the patient has developed numbness in the saddle area and cold feet in addition to low back pain shooting to the ankles...
A persistent error
...It transpires that the patient is in fact not a heroin addict and that Dr C meant to write the note in the file of his brother...
Erroneous extraction
...the dentist had removed LL7 in error, mistaking the tooth for LL6...
Missed appendicitis
...The GP advises Mr H that appendicitis is unlikely due to his age and the lack of other related symptoms...
Just heartburn
...The GP finds Mr L lying on the couch in front of the TV. He tells the doctor it is not chest pain he is experiencing but the usual heartburn, though worse...
Village gossip
...He accuses the GP of either discussing the matter at home or elsewhere in the village and that this constitutes a serious breach of confidentiality...
A missed pregnancy
...The facts clearly show the GP made an error in fitting the IUCD while the patient was pregnant. However, it remains unclear exactly what the consequences of this mistake were...
Cause for suspicion
...More specifically it is alleged the GP failed to take account of the recent increase in size of the lesion and did not record its shape and dimensions...