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15 patients were wrongly told they didn't have a STD

Problems with a clinics testing system resulted in a mix up of patients' results. 15 people were undiagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease for three weeks before the problem was uncovered.

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About: 15 patients were wrongly told they didn't have a STD

Date: 8 September 2003

Source: BBC News UK Edition

URL: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3091236.stm

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