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[quote]A specialist was lulled into a false sense of security when he failed to diagnose a four-year-old girl's potentially life-threatening condition, a coroner has found. Madison Hayley Ormerod died in the Mt Gambier Hospital in September 2006 from a hernia of the diaphragm, which allowed a large portion of her stomach to push through the hole and into her left chest cavity. The young girl had been unwell for some months with vomiting and stomach pain and was seen by a paediatrician. But South Australian Coroner Mark Johns said the specialist had been more concerned with the girl's excessive weight and height and had ordered some X-rays, but had not thought her vomiting of great significance.[/quote] Source: [url]http://www.news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8073978/girls-condition-missed-says-coroner[/url] The irony. :doh:
[quote]which allowed a large portion of her stomach to push through the hole and into her left chest cavity.[/quote] Eww
Can't really blame him, how obvious can a diaphragm hernia be?
This happened in September 2006, why is it news now?
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