Dear AuntMinnieEurope Member,
The world of radiology was extremely fortunate to have had Dr. José Roberto Leonel Ferreira among its ranks for four decades.
Dr. Lionel -- as he was known affectionately to friends and colleagues -- was a cheerful and collaborative person and a great teacher who deserved a long and happy retirement, but tragically, he was one of eight doctors who died in last Friday's air disaster in Brazil. We've posted a tribute to Dr. Lionel.
AI developer Dr. Atila Morlocan completed his medical degree in 2012 at Titu Maiorescu University of Bucharest, Romania, before moving to the U.K. to work in emergency medicine. He's now been suspended for seven months. Get the full story about the tribunal in our report.
Pleural mesothelioma has a dismal prognosis, with a median overall survival of about a year, and given the wide variations in disease progression and the scarcity of prognostic and predictive biomarkers, selecting the most effective therapeutic approach is difficult, according to Norwegian-led research. PET/CT now provides hope in these cases.
The risk of fire is a constant threat in hospitals. This was underlined by the death of a patient undergoing a fluoroscopy exam in a radiology center in Cairo.
Finally, we have a medicolegal story from New Zealand about the poor reporting of a CT scan. The radiologist's error may have delayed a bowel cancer diagnosis for a woman who subsequently died of a blood infection from a bowel obstruction.
Philip Ward
Editor in Chief
AuntMinnieEurope.com
