Man's Broken Neck Misdiagnosed as Severe Headache
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A 31-year-old man who went to the hospital complaining of a headache was told to take a pain reliever and sent home.
But after two more days of excruciating pain, Paul Curtis, of Carlingford, Australia, went back to the hospital to find he had a chip out of his spine and he could have severed his spinal cord, the Australian Associated Press reported.
The hospital staff told Curtis they couldn’t give him an X-ray when he first arrived at the hospital because the radiology unit was closed for the evening.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Curtis said he isn’t angry, but would like more government funding so his situation doesn’t happen to anyone else.