‘GP surgery accidentally texts patients they have ‘aggressive lung cancer’ – instead of Happy Christmas
A GP surgery in Doncaster accidentally texted patients that they had “aggressive lung cancer” – instead of wishing them a merry Christmas.
Askern Medical Practice reportedly made the unfortunate error on the afternoon of Friday 23 December, telling patients they had metastatic cancer.
About 20 minutes later a follow-up message conveyed the surgery’s “sincere apologies” for the previous text and said they had meant to wish everyone happy holidays.‘
🇬🇧 GP surgery texts patients ‘you’ve got lung cancer’ instead of ‘Merry Christmas’ pic.twitter.com/5rhqERYbNT
— 𝚁𝙰𝙶𝙴 𝙰𝙶𝙰𝙸𝙽𝚂𝚃 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚅𝙰𝙲𝙲𝙸𝙽𝙴 (@72powpow) December 30, 2022
h/t A Deplorable Neanderthal