It should not be like this, you should be able to trust your doctor. This is far too many cases where the assessment has not met the requirements, says the children's clinic's operations manager at the hospital to the radio.
The children who were declared healthy were not considered to need surgery or attend follow-up checks. But several of them had ongoing symptoms, such as shortness of breath and reduced stamina. When they sought care again, healthcare found that the heart defects remained.
Some of the children's heart defects are so serious that they now need to be operated on. An investigation is underway where the medical records of 700 children, who were declared healthy by the doctor during the six years they worked there, are being reviewed.
So far, only half of the affected children have been called in for a check-up. The region has also decided to investigate the doctor further back in time, which is why the number of cases with incorrect declarations of health may increase.
