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An Atlanta mom was told she had years to live from another patient’s cancer results, then had her uterus removed for nothing
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Recommended VideosA biopsy followed, and her lawsuit claims a lab worker mixed up the samples, attaching someone else’s tissue results to her name.
Acting on that diagnosis, a doctor recommended surgery to remove her cervix, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries, and four lymph nodes.
“We’ve got computers, we’ve got science, we’ve got AI, how the hell did this happen?”
Kaiser Permanente acknowledged the error in a statement.
The case remains pending, and Kaiser Permanente has not indicated whether it plans to contest the specific allegations of negligence.