Harvard Scabies Outbreak Misdiagnosed! (maybe)
Yesterday our inbox was at capacity with rumors that Harvard’s Kirkland House had caught the creepy-crawlies from scabies-infested Pennypacker. Unable to confirm the icky allegation, we resisted rumor-mongering. But then the rumor took a turn so good, it was worth publishing unconfirmed!
After the alleged incident of scabies in Kirkland, University Health Services (UHS) realized it had made a misdiagnosis. So there was neither scabies in Kirkland nor in Pennypacker. This will appear in the Crimson this morning I believe. So the whole commotion with creams, cleaning crews, local news stations and much much more was for nothing.
For the first time in our lives, we’re watching the Gimpy Crimp with excited anticipation.
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October 18th, 2007 at 8:09 am
If that’s to be believed…
October 18th, 2007 at 11:31 am
Too much time spent at Dirty Dick’s Crab House? (no I don’t mean the one at Dartmouth)
October 18th, 2007 at 10:23 pm
UHS is widely regarded as being helplessly, chronically and almost comedically inept. Everyone I knew had a story of terrible treatment and mis-diagnosis at UHS, while the Cambridge community hospital down Mass Ave had doctors who knew what they were doing.
October 18th, 2007 at 10:25 pm
UHS is widely regarded as being helplessly, chronically and almost comedically inept. Everyone I knew had a story of terrible treatment and mis-diagnosis at UHS, while the Cambridge community hospital down Mass Ave had doctors who knew what they were doing.
October 19th, 2007 at 3:18 pm
http://bostonist.com/2007/10/19/scabies_still_t.php