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Patients face 30-year wait for diagnosis, anger at new study
Original: RE: https:// flipboard.com/@cbcnews/health- 88gtjf45z/-/a-QccTjB9SRauoqJ4WJxygPA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 30 years to reciev
A CBC News health report says some patients wait up to 30 years to receive a diagnosis, and the federal government is responding by commissioning another study. Online reaction is frustrated: people say yet another study will delay action further, drawing comparisons to how other patient groups, such as women, waited years for their conditions to be taken seriously.
Why now: Frustration is high because the reported 30-year diagnostic delays are extreme and the announced government response is another study rather than immediate action.
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- RE: https:// flipboard.com/@cbcnews/health- 88gtjf45z/-/a-QccTjB9SRauoqJ4WJxygPA%3Aa%3A107108217-%2F0 30 years to recieve a diagnosis!!! The government is going to do another study! Again! This makes me so angry because we don't need another study! Just like with women and… · TrueNorthSpice@mastodon.world · 7
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