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News items on 'Primary Adrenal Insufficiency (addison's)'
Review given for boy's 1990 death
(BBC 24/02/2009)
A charity has won the legal right to challenge a decision by the General Medical Council (GMC) not to investigate a boy's death 19 years ago. Robbie Powell, 10, died of Addison's disease, a chronic but treatable condition affecting the adrenal glands.
Court case over boy's 1990 death
(BBC 23/02/2009)
The General Medical Council (GMC) faces a judicial review over claims it failed to investigate a boy's death nearly 19 years ago. Robbie Powell, 10, died of Addison's disease, a chronic but treatable condition affecting the adrenal glands. Robbie's father William Powell, of Ystradgynlais, Powys, had asked the GMC to investigate.
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