{"id":1819,"date":"2019-11-15T08:50:53","date_gmt":"2019-11-15T08:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oreillystewart.com\/?p=1819"},"modified":"2019-11-15T08:50:53","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T08:50:53","slug":"one-in-five-neurology-patients-misdiagnosed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oreillystewart.com\/one-in-five-neurology-patients-misdiagnosed\/","title":{"rendered":"One in Five Neurology Patients Misdiagnosed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BBC news carries <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/uk-northern-ireland-50426452\">the story\u00a0<\/a> that one in five of patients treated, by the now suspended neurologist Dr Michael Watt, are reported to have been misdiagnosed. 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