'Overweight' man had 55lb tumour

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London Evening Standard
14 March 2005

A man whose malignant tumour went unnoticed by doctors for nine years discovered it had grown to a weight of 55lb when an operation was finally carried out to remove it, it emerged today.

Trevor Smithson, 53, of Yateley, Hampshire, says he was told to lose weight by experts at the Royal Berkshire Hospital in Reading, who failed to notice the growth despite carrying out three operations on him.

When he was finally referred to the Royal Marsden Hospital in London, the surgeon there asked him: "So you've not been to see your doctor for years and years, have you?"
Mr Smithson has now registered a complaint with the Healthcare Commission, the independent healthcare inspection body, and says he intends to take legal action against the Royal Berkshire Hospital.

http://www.thisislondon.com/news/articles/17257602?source=PA

EDIT: Maybe he should have asked for faith healing on the NHS, as per yesterday's DU:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1308341