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Updates from my last post of my relative's story. He went to the 1st doctor and was told to get an ultrasound test done. Not trusting too much about the system we have, 2 days later he went to the 2nd doctor and was also told to get another ultrasound test done. 1 week later, the 1st doctor told him that he is perfectly fine based on the ultrasound report which stated "No abnormalies were found". 1 week + 2 days later, the 2nd doctor told him that he needs to get a CT scan for further analysis based on the 2nd ultrasound report which stated "Right kidney was found severely swollen". Even though he was puzzled, he asked the 2nd doctor that how long it would normally take for a kidney to get as swollen as his and the answer was "At least 2 months". After the CT scan, he also got a enteroscopy done to determine that he actually got a kidney infection & went on the treatment. In other words, if he were never to get 2nd ultrasound done, his condition would have gotten worse to the point it might be too late! My questions are: 1) Who/where can this be reported to for an answer/justice? - want to get actual ultrasound images of each test to figure out whether there was a mistake by radiologist or mistake by technician who took images 2) Should he always get a 2nd opinion from now on? - it might mean a waste of medical resources