The Latest Breaking News from Dennis Charles Jackson

Hospital death linked to lab's cancer diagnosis bungle

A "disastrous" laboratory error that led to an incorrect diagnosis of lung cancer was linked to the man's subsequent death from pneumonia, a coroner has found.

AAP · Nov 5, 2025

Dennis Jackson inquest hears call for review of SA Pathology's laboratories

A sample taken from the lung of a Broken Hill man could have been contaminated with the sample of another patient, an inquest into his death has heard.

ABC News · Feb 27, 2023

Overnight shift at SA Pathology lab scrapped over scientist fatigue concerns, inquest hears

The fourth day of an inquest into the death of a man misdiagnosed with lung cancer has heard his biopsy sample was mixed up during an overnight shift at an SA Pathology laboratory.

ABC News · Feb 10, 2023