A brain surgery survivor who thought he had the all clear discovered nine months later he'd been given the wrong X-rays.
Leonard Beaufoy, 58, had weeks of anguish since realising his diagnosis was made on someone else's scan.
The grandad, who had an operation four years ago to treat a brain aneurysm, said: "I was more than panicked to say the least."
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The right images have now been sent to his GP who said he's OK, but Leonard wants another MRI scan to be sure.
Leonard, of St Osyth, Essex, had his annual check-up last May at Colchester General Hospital. NHS North East Essex has apologised and said Alliance Medical, which did the scan, is investigating.
Doctors at West Cumberland Hospital in Cumbria told Danica Maxwell, 14, of Egremont, she had a migraine - but a scan showed three brain tumours. The NHS trust declined to comment.
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