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Why cases of misdiagnosis are on the rise

A medical officer attending to a patient on a CT Scan Machine at Rift Valley Provincial General Hospital (PGH), Nakuru, on November 26, 2014. [Photo: Kipsang Joseph]

Over-reliance on equipment by doctors has been blamed for the huge rise in misdiagnosis.

The Medical Practitioners and Dentists Board has raised concerns over an emerging trend where some doctors and other medical practitioners rely more on machines instead of using skills acquired during training to treat patients.

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