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Woman dies after cancer is ignored 30 times, family claims
Thursday, October 11, 2012    
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Mother-of-four Jeannine Harvey died after doctors missed her advanced cervical cancer 30 times, her family says.

(The Sun) -- Mother-of-four Jeannine Harvey died after doctors missed her advanced cervical cancer 30 times, her family claims.

First, her general practioner and then medics at two hospitals kept saying the 33-year-old was suffering conditions including anxiety, nerve pain and even a torn ligament.

By the time Harvey's cervical cancer was treated, the tumor had become infected and shattered her pelvic bone. She died shortly afterwards. Her sister Marie Donovan, 34, said at one point, Harvey begged on her knees for doctors to take the case more seriously.

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