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Hospital error leads to radiation overdoses

Los Angeles : CA : USA | about 1 month ago  
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Hospital officials said Monday that the error occurred in February 2008, when the hospital began using a new protocol for a specialized type of scan used to diagnose strokes. Doctors believed it would provide them more useful data to analyze disruptions in the flow of blood to brain tissue.
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