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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Ryan Merrifield

GP blunder sees patients sent text saying they have lung cancer on Christmas Eve

Patients were accidentally sent a text from their GP on Christmas Eve telling them they had terminal lung cancer.

Askern Medical Practice, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, then sent another message an hour later wishing everyone a "Merry Christmas".

Hundreds of people registered at the surgery are understood to have received the diagnosis in error.

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