A PA misdiagnoses sinusitis, which leads to a brain abscess. Although this happened in a physician’s office, it could have just as easily occurred in Minute Clinic staffed by mid-levels.
A few high-profile cases like these against them will no doubt kill them off, which I think will be inevitable.






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