因誤診患有癌症 美國一老人兩健康腎臟被切除大綱

A 73-year-old Colorado woman has been undergoing four hours of dialysis three days a week after she claims doctors erroneously removed both of her healthy kidneys six months ago.

科羅拉多州一名73歲的婦女聲稱，6個月前醫生錯誤地摘除了她健康的兩個腎臟，導致她現在每週要花三天做四個小時的透析。

Linda Woolley, who is now on a transplant waiting list, claims doctors at the University of Colorado Hospital thought she had kidney cancer.

正等待做移植手術的琳達·伍利稱，科羅拉多大學醫院的醫生當時認爲她患有腎癌。

According to a FOX 31 investigation, a March 2018 biopsy report allegedly showed "no evidence of malignancy," but two months later, both of Woolley's organs were removed.

根據福克斯31頻道的調查，2018年3月的活檢檢查報告顯示“沒有惡性腫瘤的證據”，但是兩個月後，伍利的兩個腎臟都被切除了。

"I was not real happy," she told the news outlet, after learning that she did not have cancer. "My life was totally changed. Dialysis is no picnic no matter how used to it you get, it robs you of your life."

在得知自己根本沒有患癌之後，她向新聞媒體透露：“我很生氣，我的生活完全改變了。透析不是一件輕鬆愉快的事，不管你如何習慣它，它剝奪了你的生活。”

A spokesperson told the news outlet the hospital did not "have any information" about the case and Woolley, who has since hired an attorney, claims she wasn't even offered an apology.

一位發言人告知新聞媒體，科羅拉多大學醫院沒有關於這個病例以及伍利的“任何信息”，伍利現在已經僱用了一名律師，並表示她甚至沒有收到道歉。

"It is terrifying because you have no choice when you go into a hospital," Woolley told FOX 31. "You trust that you're going to be taken care of."

伍利告訴福克斯31頻道：“這很可怕，因爲你進醫院的時候別無選擇。你相信別人會照顧好你。”

A follow-up from the news outlet said they've received offers from potential kidney donors since publishing their original article.

新聞機構的後續報道稱，自從他們發表了這篇原創文章後，有潛在的腎臟捐贈者表示願意給她捐腎臟。

Woolley said that even if they don't match her O+ requirements, maybe the donation can spark an organ swap with another patient who does meet her type.

伍利表示，即使他們不符合她的O+標準，但也許可以藉此機會和其他符合她類型的病人交換器官。