Woman sues hospital for cancer misdiagnosis
By Zhang Xuanchen |
March 3, 2011, Thursday
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A WOMAN is seeking 210,000 yuan (US$31,946) in compensation from a hospital that she said has misdiagnosed her with a late-stage cancer, leading her to undergo three years of chemotherapy.
Yuan Xiaoju, 52, a laid-off worker in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, said the expensive medical treatment for the non-existent disease only damaged her health and brought unbearable debts, reported Chinese Business View yesterday.
Yuan was diagnosed with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung, an almost incurable cancer that demanded immediate treatment, doctors at the Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Hospital in Xi'an City said on March 21, 2006.
Yuan was transferred to Shaanxi Tumor Hospital where she had chemotherapy, lung punctures and traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
High medical bills had left the family with debts of around 200,000 yuan.
The shocking revelation came when Yuan had a routine test for her deteriorating lung conditions in March 2009. But this time, doctors said no cancer cells were detected in her lungs.
Yuan went to another three hospitals to double check on her condition and doctors all told her she had mesothelioma, a relatively less serious cancer that shares similar symptoms with lung cancer.
The supposedly good news didn't relieve the family at all as Yuan said that doctors told her that her cancer could have been cured by -surgery at an early stage, but she missed the chance five years ago.
The couple sued the Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Hospital of Xi'an City for misdiagnosis in 2009.
Yuan Xiaoju, 52, a laid-off worker in Xi'an, capital of Shaanxi Province, said the expensive medical treatment for the non-existent disease only damaged her health and brought unbearable debts, reported Chinese Business View yesterday.
Yuan was diagnosed with poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the lung, an almost incurable cancer that demanded immediate treatment, doctors at the Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Hospital in Xi'an City said on March 21, 2006.
Yuan was transferred to Shaanxi Tumor Hospital where she had chemotherapy, lung punctures and traditional Chinese medicine treatment.
High medical bills had left the family with debts of around 200,000 yuan.
The shocking revelation came when Yuan had a routine test for her deteriorating lung conditions in March 2009. But this time, doctors said no cancer cells were detected in her lungs.
Yuan went to another three hospitals to double check on her condition and doctors all told her she had mesothelioma, a relatively less serious cancer that shares similar symptoms with lung cancer.
The supposedly good news didn't relieve the family at all as Yuan said that doctors told her that her cancer could have been cured by -surgery at an early stage, but she missed the chance five years ago.
The couple sued the Tuberculosis and Thoracic Tumor Hospital of Xi'an City for misdiagnosis in 2009.
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