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I guess it was a pretty good Christmas gift to find out you don’t have cancer after that scare >

You’re cured! It’s a Christmas miracle!
Except for you, William Smith. You’re still fucked. >

Damn, slapping Chris Rock did that? >

You can't expect to fuck with the Thirteenth Apostle without some divine retribution. >

British humor is too dry for me >

message from Doctor's office
You have aggressive lung cancer
new message
We apologize for our mistake and are deeply regretful. We meant to say have a very merry Christmas 
new message
We apologize again Mr. Smith but upon reviewing your medical imaging it appears you actually do have aggressive lung cancer >

... And happy new last year of your life >

Look at the bright side. You will never fail ur new year resolution again :) >

Jesus Lord and Mary. You went there. >

Correction, you are going there soon >

A text to telling you that you have a terminal illness?
Hey Bob just letting you know you have lung cancer and are going to die lol >

I know right? That is NOT how receiving news like that typically goes. >

I want to receive my end of life notice in emoji format. >

tombstone.bmp >

In the UK they say Happy Christmas, or in some parts, Happy Aggressive Lung Cancer >

You're not supposed to add the "with aggressive metastases" until New Year >

It also says you are a terrible person. We weren't even testing for that! >

I'm afraid you’re about to become the Immediate Past President of the Being Alive Club. >

Ha Ha >

Those damned Hungarian phrase books again. >

You have beautiful thighs. >

“You have tested positive for herpes simplex A&B”
“Our apologies we meant to ask if you would like to schedule your next check up” >

... for your herpes simplex A&B >

Doctor: Here is the message for the people on the cancer list. And, here is the message for the people on our Christmas message list. Don't. Mix. Them. Up!
Secretary: What am I, an idiot? >

This whole episode screams of someone on the admin side being poorly treated by her higher ups and deciding to go out in a blaze of glory. >

Asshole if true >

🎶 We wish you aggressive cancer, we wish you aggressive cancer, we wish you aggressive cancer and a deadly new year“ 🎶 >

I went in to get a note for a cold once and got told I was in massive heart failure. >

I went in once thinking I was taking a long time to get over flu. Nope, it was cor pulmonale. Surprise! 🎉 >

Tomorrow will be the most beautiful day of Raymond K. Hessel's life. His breakfast will taste better than any meal you and I have ever tasted. >

I mean, the keys are like right next to each other. >

Yeah, I’ve done it before. >

Damn that autocorrect! >

Reply to All. >

Have yourself a merry little Christmas... >

Have a Merry Christmas! It will be your last. >

When Tommy Wiseau handles the Christmas texts.
"We got the test results back. You definitely have lung cancer."
"Oh...oh my god. How long do I have?"
"What are you talking about? You crazy! Hahahah. Oh by the way Merry Christmas!" >

A The Room Christmas special was something I didn't know I needed >

The "Merry Christmas" and  "You're about to die" buttons are right next to each other, easy mistake to make. >

Bummer for the people with heart problems. >

Or with guns. >

honestly since Hawaii mistakenly texted everyone that a intercontinental ballistic missile was inbound, these kind of stories really aren't that juicy anymore >

Why would any medical practice TEXT a patient their terminal prognosis?  This looks like an inside hack to me.  Someone doesn’t like their job and just needlessly ruined strangers peace at Christmas. >

They didn't. It was intended as an internal message, something like, 'can you get form x for the above patient who has aggressive lung cancer'   people just worried they were the 'above patient' when the text was sent to them, especially one waiting on lung cancer results. >

Is there another article about this? The linked one in the post didn't say that. >

Thanks, it is as you say. I suppose people saw a text from their clinic saying 'lung cancer' and stopped reading in detail. >

Except for you John. You actually do. >

I’ll take socialized medicine even if it means getting this email every holiday. >

Can’t believe the liberals want to replace “merry Christmas!” With “you have aggressive lung cancer”. They have crossed a line >

One of the reasons I know I'm going to hell is that I burst into uncontrollable laughter at this headline. >

Hard same. See you there! o7 >

If this happened here in the USA, they would be sued for it probably within a day or two. >

Why though, bad but genuine mistake, not sure how it would entitle someone to money >

I think there has to be some damage to be entitled to money, and there is a difference between being hurt and being damaged. But I'm not a lawyer. >

Moral of the story, don’t use tech if you aren’t sure how to use it. >

Why is that even a text option? >

I would hate to be the person that got the "Merry Christmas" text... >

I can’t believe this isn’t from The Onion. >

Really tough for the people who have aggressive lung cancer.
"It was sent in error.... actually..." >

You have aggrssive lung cancer, and a happy new year! >

Understandable the two are pretty close on the keyboard. >

Was the practice run by American administrators? Last time we went in, they forgot to send in tests to the lab for a week. Still charged us $500 or so though. >

At family dinner I can't tell the two apart either. >

Waltuh. You have aggressive lung cancer waltuh >

As someone who has sent out the wrong email or text in bulk to customers before, I both understand how this happened and gained a newfound appreciation for how completely unimportant my work is. No one's ever going to worry they're dying if I fuck up. >

Why is it even medically/politically possible to use text/e-mail for telling someone they have a life threatening health issue? Should be done in person by GP or other. >

Seems like this is something that'd be sent after a diagnosis was given. Sort of akin to the messages I get from my doctors or insurance asking me to fill out forms. They'd get a message to fill these out at home to either print out and bring into the office on the next visit or fill out and submit online. I'm sure it's possible to fill them out in the office as well, but there could be some items on the form that require information the patient doesn't have on them at the time. >

"Joke, you don't. See, things aren't THAT bad, are they?" >

When you hit CC all on the wrong damn draft... >

This is my doctors. Most people realised it was an error, no one was angry, apart from one arse, with a big house and no money, who sold the story. >

Maybe they thought it was April Fool's day? >

Oops, that wasn't supposed to be sent to all. >

Guy who received a message from them wishing him a very Merry Christmas:
'Ah, fuck'. >

The people responsible for sacking those responsible for the erroneous message, have been sacked.
Time to bring in the llamas. >

Happy last Christmas. We are very sorry. We would have said, feel better, but it would have been so mean. So, bye.. >

And here I thought dumping your ex or firing someone over text is peak ahole.  XD >

That’s a hell of a typo >

Fake news. That's my doctor practice and I received a Merry Christmas text from them. 
Wait... >

How is it even possible to send a cancer diagnosis via text? >

These people have a canned message for terminal patients?
So much for the 'personal' touch.
Disgusting! >

They don't. It was an internal message saying can you forward some letters about this patient who has aggressive lung cancer. 
It didn't say "you have cancer". >

Seems like it's asking a patient who already has a diagnosis to fill out a form. I get emails like this from my insurance and doctors, I'd get texts too if I chose to. >

I'm not sure why a medical practice needs to text anyone a merry Christmas anyhow. Why would you want a Christmas wish from a business? It's impersonal and clearly a marketing maneuver anyway. 
This year I got holiday emails from my bank, my school, and my gas provider. I got one Christmas card from an actual human. 
Thppppt. >

Medical practices aren't businesses in the UK (generally speaking). 
In the case of NHS healthcare providers like this one they don't do marketing either. They also have a pastoral role in the community, with GP surgeries sometimes being the only link a lot of elderly people have to the outside world. 
So impersonal for most, probably. But not for everyone. >

All I keep getting are texts from the GP asking me to fill out surveys on my ethnicity. Last year I got a lengthy patient survey in the post too. Several pages rating stuff on meaningless 1-10 scales without a text box just to write in 'it is impossible to actually get an appointment with you'. Any time I tried in the past it meant phoning repeatedly at 8am as they would be fully booked for the day within five minutes. I didn't bother filling in that survey either and they sent it another two times. Only to me, no one else in the family got one. I haven't been to the doctors in ten years so I couldn't have rated it even if I wanted too.
With the strikes going on it kind of feels like maybe they should stop wasting money on pointless surveys and texts (which I cannot block or unsubscribe from) and actually pay their staff. >

The title made me giggle.  Cheers >

That's a bit like the guy that told his wife he wasted 25 years with her while actually wanting to ask her to pass him the salt >

No way, I made the exact same mistake. Reassuring to know it happens to the professionals too. >

Medical centre: you have lung cancer.
Patient: Thanks God, it's just a message that I have lung cancer. I already feared it's a news alert that the PM or the King have resigned. >

Happy Christmas, enjoy it, it will be your last. >

wasn't this the plot of the show with the kid that played Ronald Weasley in Harry Potter. >

Who runs this office, Dr. Mantis Toboggan? >

Easily done,  I suppose the luckless souls with cancer got the Merry Christmas message. >

"WOW that's a good podiatrist." >

Computers don't make errors. What they do, they do on purpose. >

This is almost as bad as the emergency text that went out to Hawaii telling them that a nuclear missile had been launched at the island.
Link for anyone who hadn’t heard of this >

You've just created dozens of Walter Whites. Dozens! >

england not uk. There is no uk health services, the differing countries have their own separate NHS. >

It's still a medical practice in the UK, is it not? >

How do you accidentally do that? Thats a really bad level of incompetence. >

Damn not me maxing out my credit cards in the next 24 hours >

“Happy Holidays!” “MERRY CHRISTMAS!” >

DAMN! I have already used that as an excuse and started smoking and drinking again! >

They did NOT text patients that they had cancer. They sent out a message that was OBVIOUSLY meant to be internal in regards to a patient who has lung cancer. Apparently people are just too stupid to understand the difference between "please fill out a form for this patient" and "this is your diagnosis". >

People were aware that it wasn’t directed at them, they were concerned it was about them and they’d be receiving official bad news later.