Clinical Error in Christmas Greetings

From a BBC news report out of Yorkshire:

A GP surgery accidentally told patients they had aggressive lung cancer instead of wishing them a merry Christmas.

Askern Medical Practice sent the text message to people registered with the surgery in Doncaster on 23 December.

The first text told recipients they had "aggressive lung cancer with metastases", a type of secondary malignant growth.

However, about an hour later people received a second text telling them it was an error and it was meant to wish them a merry Christmas instead.

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