4 patients say Cedars-Sinai did not tell them they had received a radiation overdose

Thursday, October 15, 2009 - 02:14 in Health & Medicine

The hospital says it contacted all 206 patients affected by the CT scan error. But some tell The Times they were only asked about hair loss and not told of the mistake or its potential cancer risk. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center did not tell all 206 patients who received radiation overdoses during CT scans of the hospital's error, according to the accounts of four...

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