So I'm not going to die - boo, hiss!

I'm not quite sure whether this comes under the "you couldn't make it up" heading, but it is pretty unbelievable. A year ago, a man was told he had terminal cancer and had only months to live. Believing this, he gave away his life savings to family and friends. Now, a year later, he has been told he hasn't got cancer after all. You might think he would be over the moon, but instead he intends to sue the NHS for damages, claiming that as a result of their incorrect diagnosis he is now broke. The immediate question which springs to mind of course is - where are the family and friends to whom he gave the money? Surely in the first instance it is for them to come to the rescue?