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Long Delay in Test Results Harms Virginia Beach Woman
Posted on Dec 22, 2011
When a Virginia Beach woman got a call saying that the results of her pap smear were normal, she assumed that there were no abnormalities on her mammogram either; however, the diagnostic report had been sent to the wrong doctor and sat unread at his office for over a year.
Bad News Comes a Year Late
When Peggy Kidwell went in a year after the aforementioned tests, her doctor asked why she had not had a mammogram done the year before. Surprised, she replied that she had. After some digging, her physician quickly found that the lost report—which noted that Kidwell most likely had breast cancer—had been sent to the wrong doctor.
A year after the initial test, doctors found that the cancer had spread onto her chest wall. Kidwell had to undergo substantial cancer treatments to include a lumpectomy, chemotherapy, radiation, and, eventually, a mastectomy.
Successful Virginia Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Filed
Once it was clear to Kidwell that the delay in treatment had contributed to the seriousness of her cancer, she chose to file a Virginia medical malpractice lawsuit. The lawsuit alleged that the year long wait to diagnose and treat the breast cancer caused it to become more invasive and more difficult to treat.
At Tavss Fletcher, our experienced Virginia Beach medical malpractice attorneys have seen firsthand the devastating effects that delayed treatment can have on cancer patients. We hope that Ms. Kidwell is now living a cancer free life and applaud her for taking the steps necessary to highlight the dangers of delayed reporting of diagnostic tests.
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