Monday, October 19, 2009

She died at age 26


Daily Mail:
A young woman died of cervical cancer after her GP failed to spot symptoms during eight visits over four years.
She died at age 26.
Miss Sams' case will raise fresh questions about the age at which women are given smear tests on the NHS. It is only available to over-25s in England, but to over-20s in the rest of the UK.
She only was able to get a new doctor after her NHS doctor was suspended for professional misconduct on another patient, but even then it appears her treatment was subpar:

She had treatment at the Mount Vernon Hospital Cancer Centre in Northwood, Middlesex, and was told the cancer was gone.

But X-rays taken following a minor car accident in early 2007 revealed it had spread. She died at home six months later, in August 2007.

Do we want a big government healthcare system that doesn't care about us and limits our choices?

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