SINGAPORE - Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) has taken disciplinary action against five of its staff members for their roles in an incident at its laboratory that resulted in some breast cancer patients receiving unnecessary treatment due to inaccurate test results. The hospital on Monday (May 3) also apologised to the affected patients and said it will compensate them. "We.
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SINGAPORE: Human error and inadequate quality control contributed to the inaccurate test results that wrongly classified patients at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) as having a more aggressive form of breast cancer, a review committee said on Monday (May 3).
At least 200 patients were affected by the errors, which took place over eight years at KTPH s Department of Laboratory Medicine, Anatomic Pathology Section. About half of them may have received unnecessary treatment.
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Five KTPH staff disciplined for breast cancer treatment error
An incident at Khoo Teck Puat Hospital s laboratory resulted in some breast cancer patients receiving unnecessary treatment due to inaccurate test results.
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Hospital has also apologised to affected patients and says it will compensate them accordingly
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Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH) has taken disciplinary action against five of its staff for their roles in an incident at its laboratory that resulted in some breast cancer patients receiving unnecessary treatment due to inaccurate test results.
The hospital yesterday also apologised to the affected patients and said it will compensate them.