MRI of waist finds tumour in brain!

Octogenarian Nazir Ahmed fell down on the floor of his house at Chandgaon in the port city on August 26, and got hurt in the waist. He was admitted to a private clinic in the city the same day, and was undergoing treatment.

His doctor prescribed an MRI test, said Shahidul Kawsar, son of Nazir, adding, “My father was brought to Chevron Clinical Laboratories in the port city for the MRI test on September 1.”

“The MRI of my father's waist [Lumbo-Sacral Spine] was performed there,” he said, adding, “But we were shocked to see the report mentioning that my father was suffering from brain tumour.”

“Although the subject line of the MRI test writes 'Lumbo-Sacral Spine', the comment of the report said my father has a 'Large well-defined lobulated intra-axial solid heterogeneously enhancing lesion',” he said.

“Seeing the report, the doctor understood that it was a wrong report made by Chevron and asked us to contact the diagnostic centre,” he said, adding, “We immediately contacted Chevron authorities with the report, and they said it was a printing mistake and gave us the actual report.”

“But my question is: how did the clinic authorities make such a major mistake? They charge steeply for the tests, but do not maintain minimum quality in preparation and delivery of the reports,” said Shahidul.

Contacted, the patient's physician Dr Samirul said he was informed from the clinic over phone about the report, and after hearing it, he told the on-duty doctor that it was not the report of that patient.

“When I got the report in the evening, it was okay,” he said.

Pulak Parial, general manager of Chevron Clinical Laboratories, said it was a mistake in typing and placement in the IT section of the clinic.

“Being a responsible diagnostic centre, we should be more responsible. We are ashamed,” he said, adding, “We have already fired the staff liable for it, and will be more cautious in future.”