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Misdiagnosed With H1N1

MsSage

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Is this where we are heading????Dear GOD I can think of many times taking my kids or myself in to the Dr office with the flu or I should say what I thouhgt was the flu and found out it was an ear infelction, strep throat, or the flu.......

A 16-year-old girl died after being misdiagnosed with the H1N1 virus, when she really had tonsillitis, London’s Daily Mail reported.

Charlotte Hartey’s condition was diagnosed over the phone, like many other H1N1 viruses in the United Kingdom, but when complications arose from Charlotte’s real affliction – tonsillitis – the teenager died.

Related: U.K. Diagnosing H1N1 Online

Charlotte, of Oswestry, Shropshire in England, was prescribed Tamiflu via the flu hotline, but when she didn’t feel any better, she was admitted to the hospital on July 29 where she died two days later after her lungs collapsed.

A post-mortem exam showed Charlotte died from “natural causes.”
According to the Daily Mail, many of these H1N1 hotlines are being manned by people who are not qualified to give medical advice, much less prescribe medication.
Sorry but dying from tonsillitis is not "natural causes" and should NEVER happen. :mad: :mad:
 

Mike

Well-known member
Dr. Sanjay Gupta said on CCN the other morning the "Rapid Tests" that are used by Dr.'s to test possible H1N1 patient's in their office was only 50% accurate. Many hospitals use the same test.

He said they lean heavily towards a "False Negative" reading.
 

aplusmnt

Well-known member
Why would any doctor prescribe medicine over the phone with out seeing the patient? Is this some cost cutting, medical service rationing social program they have over there?
 
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