Care worker with cancer was sent home with antibiotics due to doctor's mistake

mirror.co.uk:

An ex-care worker was sent home with antibiotics when doctors thought his aggressive cancer was an upset stomach. Stevie Pearson went to his GP after becoming seriously unwell in July 2019, and was told he was suffering a regular tummy bug.

But after going home with medication, the cramps got worse and the 59-year-old, from Linwood in Renfrewshire, went in for scans, reports the Daily Record.

It was then medics discovered a tumour in his bowel. Stevie said: “I became really unwell in July 2019 and went to see my GP. "They thought it was just a tummy bug of some sort and put me on antibiotics. “But the pain and the cramps got worse and I was booked in for a scan and they spotted a tumour in my small intestine. “They kept me in and removed