Nagoya University Hospital left undiagnosed imaging report, patient with delayed treatment, lung cancer died October 15 at 17:22

A report on diagnostic imaging of a female patient in their 50s was left unattended for 13 months at the Nagoya University Hospital in Nagoya City. The hospital acknowledged the medical error and apologized to the bereaved family.

This was revealed on May 15 at the press conference by Yasuhiro Kodera, head of the Nagoya University Hospital.

According to it, in 2014, a woman in her 50s in Nagoya City complained of pain in the back, etc., and visited an emergency outpatient clinic at Nagoya University Hospital, where she was diagnosed with urinary calculi.

Regarding the CT image taken at that time, another radiologist made a report recommending reexamination as "a suspicion of a 1 cm tumor in the lung", but the doctor who examined it confirms this It never happened.

One year later, a woman was pointed out that a "necessary examination is necessary" at a health checkup at another hospital, and she visited the University Hospital again and was diagnosed with lung cancer. At that time, the report was left for 13 months. It was revealed that it was.

The woman was subsequently treated, but died last year as lung cancer progressed.

Nagoya University acknowledges a medical error, apologizes to the bereaved family, and plans to provide compensation in the future.

According to the Nagoya University Hospital, a system was introduced in 2015 to notify doctors when doctors are not reading reports as a preventive measure.

Nagoya University Hospital says, “It will be an unfortunate result and we apologize to the patient and try to prevent it from happening again.”

Details: Bereaved "Strong resentment, disbelief and disappointment"

The surviving family of a woman in her 50s said, “I have a very strong resentment, disbelief, and disappointment through Nagoya University Hospital. These events have been repeated, but being buried as one of many cases I don't want you to do it. I want the entire medical community to work to prevent recurrence. "