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Georgia Woman Undergoes Hysterectomy After Wrong Cancer Diagnosis
A Georgia woman claims she underwent a hysterectomy after being wrongly diagnosed with cancer due to a labeling error. She is now seeking legal action for the alleged medical malpractice.
6 Aug, 21:49 — 6 Aug, 22:52
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SCMPMostly Factual2h ago
US woman says she had hysterectomy after she got someone else’s cancer diagnosis
A US woman from the Atlanta area is alleging that she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and underwent an unneeded hysterectomy because of a labelling error. Cassandra Barksdale and her lawyers filed a lawsuit on Tuesday against Kaiser Permanente alleging the mix-up led to the surgery and months of physical and emotional pain. According to the lawsuit, another patient’s tissue sample was mistakenly labelled as belonging to Barksdale, who at age 43 then underwent a full hysterectomy on May 15,...
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Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error
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