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JPLeRouzic • yesterday at 6:24 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

Healthcare is more than having medical knowledge.

Ten years ago, in France, two doctors (one in a professional setting and the other during a private consultation) asked me about a wound I had on my shoulder; obviously I couldn't identify what it was, and they offered no suggestions, so I supposed it was not something important.

It took a visit to a cardiologist—for an entirely different reason—for him to suggest that I rapidly consult a dermatologist.

It was a carcinoma, and surgery removed it. If ChatGPT had existed back then, this carcinoma would have been removed several years earlier.


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trollbridge • yesterday at 7:13 PM

This sounds like a competency problem on the part of the GPs. They’re supposed to make these calls.

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gchamonlive • yesterday at 6:34 PM

Maybe if chatgpt existed back then you'd have had your carcinoma extracted along with 10 other benign anomalies.

Automation doesn't make up for carelessness.

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