30+ Doctors Misdiagnosed Her Daughter … So Karen Perks Turned to AI to Save Her Life : Sole Wellness Podcast EP 51

30+ Doctors Misdiagnosed Her Daughter … So Karen Perks Turned to AI to Save Her Life : Sole Wellness Podcast EP 51

Do you know how many medical misdiagnoses happen in Australia every year? You’d be shocked to know the answer is 141,000 and Mikayla Cameron-Lyon was one of them. 

 

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In this episode of Sole Wellness Podcast, I sit down with her mother Karen Perks, author of Mum Please Help Me, to chat about the international issue that is medical misdiagnosis and negligence from healthcare professionals.

We dive into the 21 ED presentations, the 60+ ambulances, the 30+ doctors misdiagnosing Mikayla and how Karen used her own research and AI to get to the centre of the problem. 


You’ll learn:

  • 03:01 - How Karen’s daughter Mikayla was misdiagnosed

  • 04:34 - Why Karen didn’t trust what the medical professionals were telling her

  • 07:30 - What led Karen to start doing her own research and recording Mikayla’s health data

  • 09:01 - The gaslighting Karen experienced and why she considered calling the police on the hospital

  • 11:37 - How AI can help diagnose undiagnosable cases 

  • 15:09 - Why doctors need to take parents concern more seriously and the power imbalance between doctors and patients

  • 16:32 - The impact of ego and bias on medical treatment

  • 21:06 - How the correct diagnosis for Mikayla was finally found

  • 24:32 - Why our medical system is failing us

  • 28:53 - The dangerous assumptions some doctors make that have nothing to do with your health… 

  • 31:48 - Is there a place for AI in the medical system?

  • 34:42 - What you need to do as a parent to stay in the conversation when it comes to your child’s healthcare 

  • 36:14 - Karen’s advice for parents in her situation 

  • 37:16 - What the public can do to bring more attention to misdiagnosis 

… and SO much more.


Watch the YouTube Version of the Podcast - This Medical Misdiagnosis Could Have Killed Karen’s Daughter…

 

Want More of Karen? Follow her on facebook here or LinkedIn here and check out her website here

Buy Karen’s book here: Mum Please Help Me 

Read the ABC article about Karen’s story that has over 100,000 views here 


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