Re: NYT: Medical Radiation: A Plan Goes Wrong

[Bill Weiss <houdini+funsec () clanspum net>]

Shawn Merdinger(shawnmer () gmail com)@Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 04:15:59PM -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

At least we learn from our lessons... wait, maybe not:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Therac-25

-- 
Bill Weiss
 
How To Write Good
 35. Don't never use no double negatives.

_______________________________________________
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.