Nearly 14,000 more mammograms are under review across Newfoundland and Labrador | Globalnews.ca

Well being officers in Newfoundland and Labrador say almost 14,000 extra mammogram outcomes are below assessment throughout the province after the pictures have been analyzed on screens that didn’t meet technical requirements.

Officers from three of the province’s 4 well being authorities informed reporters right this moment the roughly 13,884 mammograms below scrutiny characterize about 11,751 sufferers.

Outcomes being reviewed by Japanese and Labrador-Grenfell Well being authorities cowl a interval starting Sept. 18, 2018, and ending final week, whereas these from Western Well being date way back to October of 2013.

The information comes after the province’s Central Well being authority introduced final week it was reviewing mammography outcomes from about 3,000 sufferers for a similar purpose.

Central Well being mentioned Monday {that a} preliminary assessment of photographs from 837 sufferers revealed “4 potential discrepancies or differing interpretations” of the mammograms.

Well being officers say the danger to sufferers on account of the errors seems to be low.

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This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Aug. 31, 2022.