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NYT: Medical Radiation: A Plan Goes Wrong
From: Shawn Merdinger <shawnmer () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 16:15:59 -0500
fyi, Via RISKS: http://catless.ncl.ac.uk/Risks/25.93.html "A New York City hospital treating him for tongue cancer had failed to detect a computer error that directed a linear accelerator to blast his brain stem and neck with errant beams of radiation. Not once, but on three consecutive days. Mr. Jerome-Parks died several weeks later in 2007. He was 43." NYT Article: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/24/health/24radiation.html NYT Slideshow: http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2010/01/24/us/20100124RADIATION1_index.html --scm _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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