Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports

Programmer's < fumble jeopardizes thousands of medical reports

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https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/08/03/medical_report_bug/

A bug in code that generates medical reports could force patients in Ireland to repeat their hospital and clinic scans.

The Emerald Isle's healthcare bosses admitted a flaw in the picture archiving communication system (PACS) software used to store documents in its National Integrated Medical Imaging System (NIMIS) has a bug that causes some records to not display a single, but highly relevant, symbol.