Hospital apologises over girl's cancer diagnosis delay
A 15-year-old girl has been given months to live after her cancer was misdiagnosed as a psychological pain condition, her family has said.Doctors at Frimley Park Hospital in Surrey diagnosed complex regional pain syndrome , a psychological condition, after an initial MRI scan missed the tumour, the family said.Olivia Maunder said she had been left in "agony" following her misdiagnosis
She said: "In the three months when I was being told I was making everything up, the pain was so bad that I wanted to kill myself. The spinal tumour was diagnosed following a second scan. Subsequently, in late 2022, she was told the cancer was terminal, the family said."She was screaming in pain but was asked 'have you tried a mindfulness app?'"Olivia's sister Victoria is raising money to make her last few months as special as possible.
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