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Title: Woman Who Had Both Breasts Removed After Biopsy Error!!
Post by: Admin on October 04, 2007, 11:37:53 PM

A woman who had both breasts removed in error because of a biopsy result that was later found not to be hers, appeared on Good Morning America earlier today, Thursday, and talked about her story.

Darrie Eason, a 35 year old woman from Long Island, New York, had a double mastectomy after a tissue sample from a lab based in New York came back positive for breast cancer.

Doctors later told her she did not have breast cancer and "never did".

Read Full Article (http://www.abcnews.go.com/GMA/CancerPreventionAndTreatment/story?id=3688150)

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Title: Re: Woman Who Had Both Breasts Removed After Biopsy Error!!
Post by: Sumayya on October 05, 2007, 01:10:31 PM

Salaama Caleikum

Oh,  >:( :o :'(,  Idid not think that this kind of thing would happend in USA?, but then you never know ::)

Title: Re: Woman Who Had Both Breasts Removed After Biopsy Error!!
Post by: Abdullahi! on October 05, 2007, 01:35:51 PM

Neither did I, but goes to show how much care we need to put into the practice of medicine to prevent the repetition of this sort of thing...

Title: Re: Woman Who Had Both Breasts Removed After Biopsy Error!!
Post by: Sumayya on October 05, 2007, 02:05:04 PM

that is true brother  :)

Title: Re: Woman Who Had Both Breasts Removed After Biopsy Error!!
Post by: Pharmacist on October 07, 2007, 01:55:13 AM

I really feel sorry for her
also they did'nt tell us how much did they give her?!
and she still seeking an undisclosed sum!!!
such errors can happen in every where

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