Sunday 12 June 2022 04:10 PM Dementia-hit ex NHS worker, 92, misdiagnosed with organ failure by GP on video ... trends now

Sunday 12 June 2022 04:10 PM Dementia-hit ex NHS worker, 92, misdiagnosed with organ failure by GP on video ... trends now
Sunday 12 June 2022 04:10 PM Dementia-hit ex NHS worker, 92,  misdiagnosed with organ failure by GP on video ... trends now

Sunday 12 June 2022 04:10 PM Dementia-hit ex NHS worker, 92, misdiagnosed with organ failure by GP on video ... trends now

Remote-working GP 'wrongly told patient she was dying of organ failure on video call because he thought her skin appeared yellow on screen' Doctor made the devastating diagnosis without seeing his patient in person Her son has raised a complaint with the Care Quality Commission over treatment A subsequent medical examination found she did not in fact have liver failure  The woman was given antibiotics for a possible infection and has now recovered 

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A 92-year-old former NHS worker with dementia was told she needed end-of-life care after a doctor mistakenly diagnosed liver failure after spotting her 'skin was yellow' during a video appointment. 

In fact the former district nurse was shown to have no liver abnormalities, but a possible gallbladder infection and she has since made a full recovery.

Her son, Michael Gough Cooper, from Chiltington, West Sussex, has now raised a complaint with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) about how the GP was able to make such a devastating diagnosis about his mother without ever having examined her in person, The Sunday Telegraph reports.

The concerning incident, which happened in March, began when carers at the woman's Isle of Wight care home noticed she had lost her appetite after recovering from Covid. 

A GP at Cowes Medical Centre (pictured) misdiagnosed liver failure in a 92-year-old woman with dementia after spotting her 'skin was yellow' during a video appointment

A GP at Cowes Medical Centre (pictured)

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