Sixty-six year old Sarah had a dry throat and a chesty cough for
a number of weeks. She had a bronchoscopy and a lung biopsy. This
showed evidence of lung cancer.
Sarah opted to undergo chemotherapy as part of her
treatment.
A few weeks later another doctor reviewed the bronchoscopy and
lung biopsy and found no evidence of a malignant tumour. There was
no cancer present in Sarah's lung.
But Sarah's hair had begun to fall out as a result of the
treatment. She also had problems urinating and contracted a severe
bacterial infection because her immune system was compromised
during the treatment.
Sarah was also diagnosed with diabetes, although there was a
history of diabetes in her family so it was unclear if the
chemotherapy caused diabetes and it was likely that she would have
developed diabetes at some point anyway.
Sarah instructed us to take a cancer
misdiagnosis claim on her behalf. We negotiated a settlement of
£20,000 for Sarah.
The case was taken on a "no win, no
fee" basis and the defendant paid Sarah's legal fees.
For further information or if you have a cancer misdiagnosis compensation claim,
call Paul McNeil on
020 7861 4019 or email paul.mcneil@ffw.com
You can speak to any member of our medical negligence team on freephone
0800 358 3848,
email personalinjury@ffw.com or
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