Grandmother, 72, has leg amputated after hospital wrongly diagnoses cancer


	Grandmother, 72, has leg amputated after hospital wrongly diagnoses cancer

lakotahope

10-11-2009 8:30 AM

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lakotahope says:

First thing I'd tell' em--put it back on. Then I'd tell 'em how much money I was going after....Of course, my lawyer will already be there...damn this sucks.

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