CrazyLea
15-09-2008, 22:33
I was just watching the Welsh news and this story sort of stood out. It's disgusting!
A young mother has been given months to live after a hospital failed to diagnose that she had skin cancer.
Tara Jones, 26, of Treorchy in the Rhondda, was given the all-clear by the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant after having a mole removed in 2005.
But new tests showed it was malignant and the cancer had spread. She said it was now too late for treatment.
Cwm Taf NHS Trust confirmed it was involved in a claim relating to a delay in diagnosing cancer.
Ms Jones said she was hoping to live long enough to see her two children - Tyler, six, and Lowis, three, - open their Christmas presents this year.
"I will never see them grow up, their first day at comprehensive school, their first boyfriends and girlfriends," she said.
"I am going to miss it all. It's just too unbearable to think about."
Ms Jones said the mole had been sent away for tests and a week later she was told it was harmless.
The mole I'd had removed in 2005 had been cancerous all along
Tara Jones
But a friend whose mother died of cancer recognised some of her symptoms and insisted she had a second opinion.
She said a doctor from the hospital visited her at home to tell her about the error.
"He told me there had been a terrible mistake. The mole I'd had removed in 2005 had been cancerous all along," she said.
She has now appointed a solicitor to fight a case of medical negligence.
A statement from Cwm Taf NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said: "We are able to confirm the trust's involvement in a claim in the delay of diagnosis of cancer.
"But unfortunately the trust is bound by constraints of confidentiality and cannot comment further at this time."
A spokesperson for the Welsh Assembly Government said: "We deeply regret hearing of cases like this and the minister would expect the trust to undertake an urgent inquiry into the matter."
How sad is that? And three years later! It's totally ridiculous!
A young mother has been given months to live after a hospital failed to diagnose that she had skin cancer.
Tara Jones, 26, of Treorchy in the Rhondda, was given the all-clear by the Royal Glamorgan Hospital in Llantrisant after having a mole removed in 2005.
But new tests showed it was malignant and the cancer had spread. She said it was now too late for treatment.
Cwm Taf NHS Trust confirmed it was involved in a claim relating to a delay in diagnosing cancer.
Ms Jones said she was hoping to live long enough to see her two children - Tyler, six, and Lowis, three, - open their Christmas presents this year.
"I will never see them grow up, their first day at comprehensive school, their first boyfriends and girlfriends," she said.
"I am going to miss it all. It's just too unbearable to think about."
Ms Jones said the mole had been sent away for tests and a week later she was told it was harmless.
The mole I'd had removed in 2005 had been cancerous all along
Tara Jones
But a friend whose mother died of cancer recognised some of her symptoms and insisted she had a second opinion.
She said a doctor from the hospital visited her at home to tell her about the error.
"He told me there had been a terrible mistake. The mole I'd had removed in 2005 had been cancerous all along," she said.
She has now appointed a solicitor to fight a case of medical negligence.
A statement from Cwm Taf NHS Trust, which runs the hospital, said: "We are able to confirm the trust's involvement in a claim in the delay of diagnosis of cancer.
"But unfortunately the trust is bound by constraints of confidentiality and cannot comment further at this time."
A spokesperson for the Welsh Assembly Government said: "We deeply regret hearing of cases like this and the minister would expect the trust to undertake an urgent inquiry into the matter."
How sad is that? And three years later! It's totally ridiculous!