Woman Sues Kaiser Permanente After Unnecessary Hysterectomy Due to Labeling Error
A woman is suing Kaiser Permanente, alleging she underwent an unnecessary hysterectomy after a pathology sample mix-up led to a wrong cancer diagnosis. She is seeking legal action for the alleged medical malpractice.
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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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The frequency of pathology sample mislabeling or mix-ups during medical testing is not definitively known
By Kim Chandler and Emilie Megnien
Read full article →Georgia woman says she was wrongly diagnosed with cancer and had hysterectomy due to labeling error
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