WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., July 01, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Another misdiagnosed North Carolina breast cancer patient, represented by the medical negligence team at (G&E), has just filed a complaint with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS).
The filing comes just weeks after the firm filed a similar action on behalf of a 32-year-old former Atrium Health patient who underwent radical treatments – including hysterectomy and double mastectomy – for an aggressive form of breast cancer (HER2 Positive) she only recently learned was unnecessary, according to her G&E attorneys. The misdiagnosed patient in the latest filing, whose identity is being kept confidential to protect her privacy, is also a North Carolina resident – a mother and grandmother – who was 59 when she was initially diagnosed in 2020 with HER2 breast cancer. Treatment included 13 cycles of debilitating chemotherapy, according to the complaint, and her G&E attorneys said she was only made aware of the misdiagnosis May 29 of this year.
“My life and my family’s life were turned upside down because of my cancer misdiagnosis and the treatments I underwent that I just recently learned were completely unwarranted,” said the most recent complainant. “When I should have been holding my new grandchild in the hospital, I was in the hospital, too..
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