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: Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog

Patient Wins in Medical Neglect Case

By Steven M. Levin and John J. Perconti

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A patient filed a medical malpractice case against her OB/GYN physician for neglect in diagnosing her of cancer. The patient complained of a lump in her breast to her physician who then failed to diagnose the lump in a timely matter for breast cancer. Not until after the woman became pregnant did her OB/GYN take a mammogram and ultrasound to determine the lump was in fact breast cancer. The failure to diagnose cancer and subsequent surgeries and chemotherapy left the woman extremely leak and unable to come to trial. The woman was awarded $24 million for medical malpractice against her doctors.

Read more about the medical malpractice case here.

Full post as published by Illinois Medical Malpractice Blog on July 15, 2009 (boomark / email).

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