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misdiagnosis: GYNAECOLOGIST CHARGED WITH CAUSING DEATH BY NEGLIGENCE
The patient died of cancer of the uterus
Vittorio Veneto - A cervical cancer mistaken for menopause and Donatella Della Mora, for years proprietor of the record store to the Precinct, died at age 55.
In 2002 he was directed to a gynecologist because of some worrisome problems, abdominal pain, fatigue and loss of blood, and a bit 'of fear in his family there had been cases of cancer. But the average
who visited reassures her: it was just discomfort associated with menopause and polyps, a condition treatable with hormone treatment. Four years after Donatella Della Mora died, killed by a cervical cancer.
A serious error than the gynecologist, who underestimated the symptoms and the diagnosis was wrong: it is now charged with manslaughter and serious injury. The Prosecution of Belluno province in which the medical practice in the profession, has applied to trial. The preliminary hearing is
been set for May 26.
According to the charges the seller is responsible for the deaths of women, to which the tumor was diagnosed in 2005 after a hospitalization of Vittorio Veneto, because he had prescribed for his patient specialist tests, for negligence, for also underestimated what he considered simple polyps.
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