diff --git a/interface/patient_file/summary/stats_full.php b/interface/patient_file/summary/stats_full.php
index 2b56b5835..d03b92e3c 100644
--- a/interface/patient_file/summary/stats_full.php
+++ b/interface/patient_file/summary/stats_full.php
@@ -277,8 +277,10 @@ function newEncounter() {
 
     echo " <tr class='$bgclass detail' $colorstyle>\n";
     echo "  <td style='text-align:left' data-text='$disptitle' class='$click_class' id='$rowid'>" . text($disptitle) . "</td>\n";
-    echo "  <td>" . text(date(DateFormatRead(true), strtotime($row['begdate']))) . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
-    echo "  <td>" . text(date(DateFormatRead(true), strtotime($row['enddate']))) . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
+    if ($row['begdate'] == '') echo "  <td>" . 'N/A' . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
+    else echo "  <td>" . text(date(DateFormatRead(true), strtotime($row['begdate']))) . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
+    if ($row['enddate'] == '') echo "  <td>" . 'N/A' . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
+    else echo "  <td>" . text(date(DateFormatRead(true), strtotime($row['enddate']))) . "&nbsp;</td>\n";
     // both codetext and statusCompute have already been escaped above with htmlspecialchars)
     echo "  <td>" . $codetext . "</td>\n";
     echo "  <td>" . $statusCompute . "&nbsp;</td>\n";