P.E.I. about halfway through radiologist review
16.05.2008 15:01
Health
- Source: cbc.ca
P.E.I.'s Department of Health has reviewed roughly half of all the images read by a radiologist who worked on the Island from December to April. The province ordered the review of all the work done by Dr. Karunamoy Das after an unacceptably high rate of errors were found. The review of the 5,700 diagnostic images began in late April. Jamie MacDonald, technical director of diagnostic imaging, said an independent radiologist on P.E.I. has looked at close to 2,500 general X-rays so far. While progress is being made on X-rays, work has not yet started on the CT, MRI and ultrasound images. The Health Department has to send those off-Island, and it has taken some time to figure out how to transport the electronic images. The department has now secured a suitcase-sized machine to load the images on to. "That physically gets taken over to the radiology group in Nova Scotia," said MacDonald. "They have a very similar system that we do for reporting and reviewing images. And then it's able to be hooked up and then they pull those images up much like you would on a high definition kind of computer screen." Because of patient confidentiality, the Health Department won't comment on the types of things they may be finding in the review of Das's work. Das started work on the Island Dec. 2, and went on a voluntary leave of absence April 2, but is not expected to return to work on P.E.I. Story Tools: E-MAIL | PRINT | Text Size: SMLXL | REPORT TYPO | SEND YOUR FEEDBACKRelatedInternal LinksRadiology errors could aggravate backlogP.E.I. radiologist under reviewHealth HeadlinesVitamin D deficiency linked to poorer breast cancer outcomes: study00Women who are deficient in vitamin D when diagnosed with breast cancer may have a poorer prognosis compared to those with optimal amounts of the sunshine nutrient in their blood, a Canadian study suggests.Morning-after pill to be available on drugstore shelves00The emergency contraceptive drug known as Plan B will likely be coming out from behind the pharmacy counter.Canada should fund IVF treatments: ethicist00Health-care systems in Canada should pay the cost of in-vitro fertilization for women having difficulty conceiving, says a University of Western Ontario medical ethicist. Ontario to resume coverage of sex-change operations00The Ontario government will soon pay for sex-change operations again, Health Minister George Smitherman has confirmed.Alberta consumers warned about possible beef E. coli contamination00Consumers in Alberta are being warned not to eat ground beef sold in January at Paradise Halal Meat Market in Edmonton because it may be contaminated with E. coli O157: H7. Health FeaturesENVIRONMENTClassifying chemicals'Batch 2' up for reviewCONSUMERCalorie trackerVIDEODisaster diseasesClean water critical (Runs 4:44)HealthVitamin DBoning up on the sunshine vitaminVIDEOVitamin DDeficiencies linked to poor breast cancer prognosis (Runs 2:16)People who read this also read …
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