When your festive f**k-up makes it onto The Register, you know you've fked up good.

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The message went out to patients of the medical facility – there are reportedly about 8,000 of them – on December 23, 2022. It asked patients to fill out a DS1500 form, which is used to help terminal patients expedite access to benefits because they may not have time for the usual bureaucratic delay.

About an hour after thoroughly alarming recipients of the not-so-glad tidings, the medical facility reportedly apologized in a follow-up text message.

Error or not, there should have been failsafes to prevent this happening. Even Tom Scott has a story from personal experience when he had to get himself tested for STDs (his face tells you everything you need to know

If this doesn’t make you at least slightly tear up, you must have a heart of stone. Knowing what its like to have your own father in hospital, I can feel for Lisa.

When you sit down to your Christmas Dinner, take a moment to remember those families who will not be able to spend it together. And remember that sometimes, wishes really can come true.

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This Simple Act Made Cancer Patients Forget Their Troubles, if Only for a Moment - Cheezburger.

Stories like this make me think that there’s faith in humanity yet.

Jack Andraka. Remember that name. If this test works the way he says it does, he’s going to be one crazy rich guy. Also, look at the way he does his presentation, he keeps your attention, doesn’t bore you with too many slides and is very passionate about what he says.

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Jack Andraka: A promising test for pancreatic cancer ... from a teenager | Video on TED.com.