25-year-old father dies from brain tumor after doctors misdiagnose appendicitis and dismiss ‘abnormalities’ in brain scan as ‘computer error’
A young father died of a brain tumor that doctors mistakenly diagnosed as appendicitis, his heartbroken family has claimed. Joshua Warner, 25, from south-east London, went to hospital in June after suffering headaches and feeling unwell for two weeks. Doctors performed a CT scan on the carpenter and determined that he had appendicitis, before undergoing […]
Ty Masterpool overcomes appendicitis to compete for top 10 in SMX
Ty Masterpool was never lacking in speed, that’s for sure.But as the saying goes, you have to be in it to win, and Master Pool has frequently found himself do not have It’s in there due to injury. However, things will be different in 2023, and Masterpool was able to advance to every round of […]
Haida elder suffering from ‘extreme’ appendicitis pain reportedly discharged from British Columbia hospital without treatment
This story is part of a series examining systemic discrimination against Indigenous patients in British Columbia’s nursing profession. To read part 1 of the series, go to click here. By the time Penny Kerrigan arrived at Mills Memorial Hospital in northern British Columbia, she said the morphine she was given before boarding the emergency flight […]
25-year-old father dies from brain tumor, doctors misdiagnose as appendicitis
A “kind-hearted” young father has died due to a medical misdiagnosis. Josh Warner, 25, died from a brain tumor after doctors misdiagnosed it as appendicitis. After two weeks of headaches and feeling unwell, Warner went to the hospital for a CT scan. Doctors told him he had appendicitis, even though he had no abdominal pain, […]