Atlanta mom Cassandra Barksdale misdiagnosed with aggressive cancer, underwent full hysterectomy after lab mix-up: lawsuit

Source: New York Post

An Atlanta mom was told she had an aggressive form of cancer and underwent a full hysterectomy – before it later emerged the operation was completely unnecessary due to a lab mix-up, according to court documents. Cassandra Barksdale, 43, learned she apparently had just years to live when doctors gave her the results from another patient’s biopsy last March, according to a lawsuit, which was filed Tuesday and viewed by The Post. She went to the Kaiser Permanente Southwood Medical Center in Jonesboro, Georgia, last January to have her uterine fibroids checked over after experiencing bleeding.