[La Enchiladita]

This is the hospital where Patrick Swayze was treated and numerous other celebs, in addition to regular folks. I sense a slew of lawsuits on the way.....

[SevenofNine]

Yeah you are right there lots of stars were treated there at end of their time including Farrah Facett I THINK SO

[Steely Tom]

I can think of a third possibility, but proving it might involve those embarrassaing IQ tests.

[Sarah Barracuda]

Very surprising since Cedar Sinai is supposedly one of the best hospitals to go to. Question, was this high dose of radiation given to people who had brain scans or any kind of scan. My cousin has had a few CT Scans at Ceder Sinai. I don’t know how it could have gone on for so long without anyone detecting something was wrong

[Mamzelle]

There are too many CTs performed because of defensive medicine, leading many thousands of people to get too much radiation.

However, Nobel Laureate Obama has a plan. Nobody will be able to get one if he has anything to do with it.

[Gay State Conservative]

I see about 200 new Ferraris being driven by the teenage daughters of LA lawyers in the not-too-distant future.

[DoughtyOne]

IMO, this may be the tip of the iceberg. Cedars must conduct literally thousands of CT Scans each year. Did they have a tech who was using the wrong settings? Was the machine faulty? Were the guidelines for the whole department set up incorrectly?

It will be interesting to see futures reports on this topic.

[ArmstedFragg]

I’ve been through the radiation therapy routine at another facility. The quality control process was really extensive. I would imagine there’s something similar for imaging applications. This is a significant breakdown. Fortunately, a one-shot dose at eight times the normal CT would still produce a radiation related cancer risk far below the natural risk. It’d be anywhere between five and twenty years worth of normal background radiation, though.

[Mjaye]

Hmm, the same hospital where the babies got the extreme doses of Heparin( Dennis Quaid twins among the victims). I’ve been to Cedars and had a good experience on several occasions, and our family has experienced mistakes at various facilities. Patients and their families must never take anything or granted, though this radiation problem wouldn’t have likely been caught by asking questions. I always check my meds, for example, but wouldn’t have thought to ask about the radiation levels.

[Erasmus]

Here is a classic example of medical equipment mis-design, which is used as a case study in software engineering.

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[CholeraJoe]

I had a CT scan in 1994 and began losing my hair shortly thereafter. I am now nearly completely bald. I want my just compensation!