Medical Malpractice Cancer Misdiagnosis

[kimberlee28540]

I received a phone call from my doctor stating that the diagnostic clinic who did a breast biopsy on me has determined that I have breast cancer. The next day I went to work distraught and terrified. A few hours into my work day I received another phone call from the diagnostic clinic telling me I needed to come in for an emergency breast MRI. I left work and went to the clinic to have the MRI I was sedated and went through the procedure which seemed like an eternity but lasted about 2hrs. I went home after the procedure and 6hrs later I received another phone call from the clinic and they proceeded to tell me they were very sorry but they mixed my test results up with someone else and my lump was not cancerous. I went through hell. Do I have a lawsuit?

 

[jharris352]

You should be happy you are ok instead of looking to sue someone. Honest mistakes that caused you no harm are not actionable. I'm sure you were quite distressed for 24 hours, even horribly so, but they didn't intentionally do it and they corrected their mistake as fast as possible. You certainly should not pay for the MRI and such the next day.

Please be happy you are healthy. I'm glad for you. Congratulations.