Dozens of patients are being called back for follow-up treatment after it was discovered their medical scans were not properly reviewed at Caboolture Hospital.
A major review of medical scans at Caboolture Hospital’s outpatient clinic has found 38 patients did not get follow-up care.
The hospital was first alerted to the problem in early September when a patient, who was unaware that they had advanced cancer, died.
The patient had scans at Caboolture Hospital’s Specialist Outpatient Department, but their images were not reviewed for five weeks.
The hospital initially admitted that up to 9000 patients could have been affected by similar errors.
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However, in an update on Tuesday, the hospital conceded 21,491 scans needed to be reviewed.
Almost 14,000 scans were considered “high priority”.
“All 21,491 scans have now been reviewed and cleared by a team of specialists, with all affected patients contacted,” Metro North Health said in a statement.
Thirty-eight patients have been contacted for follow-up care since their scans were reviewed, it said.
Metro North Health has not revealed the details of the conditions or health of the 38 patients, citing patient privacy and confidentiality.
However, the hospital was reviewing scans from surgical, cardiac, respiratory and paediatric patients who were referred to the Specialist Outpatient Department and underwent imaging between April 1, 2023, and September, 4, 2025.
Metro North Health apologised to affected patients and said Caboolture Hospital had since “strengthened its processes to ensure a rigorous approach to medical imaging review is upheld by all clinicians”.
Health Minister Tim Nicholls said the review found no further deaths.
