Patients who survive the procedure face years of painful screenings, follow up procedures and a bevy of lifetime prescriptions for powerful drugs.

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Every year, thousands of patients are harmed by accidents involving medical procedures - an example was the tragic case of Wayne Jowett, a teenager who died after having a powerful chemotherapy drug injected into his spine instead of a vein.

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