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Coronavirus pressure means NHS in Kent and Medway need residents to help save lives and struggling hospitals
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Updated: 09:39, 17 December 2020
Lives depend on people helping to ease the extreme pressure facing doctors and hospitals across Kent and Medway grappling with coronavirus.
That s the message from leading NHS figures as the county continues to see the highest rates of infection from Covid-19 in England.
Senior doctors and nurses say the NHS needs the public s help to control the virus
Now, senior doctors and nurses have pleaded with the public to follow the rules in a bid to reduce infections.
Hospitals are operating near to capacity or beyond with extremely high numbers of Covid-19 patients.
A mother had 18 months of gruelling chemotherapy before doctors realised she had been wrongly diagnosed with cancer.
In April 2017, Janice Johnston was told she had a rare form of blood cancer by doctors at Kent and Canterbury Hospital.
But, after intense treatment failed to improve her condition, further tests revealed her symptoms were actually linked to a different illness.
Mrs Johnston, 53, has been given a £76,000 settlement for the blunder, which caused her to spend nearly two years fearing she would ‘drop dead’ at any minute.
Janice Johnston (pictured during her treatment) was told she had a rare form of blood cancer by doctors at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in April 2017
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image captionMrs Johnston needlessly suffered through chemotherapy for 18 months
A woman has been awarded more than £75,000 after doctors falsely told her she had cancer.
Mum-of-four Janice Johnston had to go through 18 months of living hell and chemotherapy, after she was diagnosed with a rare form of blood cancer at Kent and Canterbury Hospital in 2017.
In 2019 she sought alternative treatment, but doctors at Guy s Hospital in London found no cancer.
East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust admitted liability.
image captionThe trust admitted failing to carry out vital tests before diagnosing Mrs Johnston
A medical negligence claim found staff at the hospital failed to do the necessary ultrasound scan and bone marrow biopsy before diagnosing Mrs Johnston.
Whitstable mum was on chemotherapy for 18 months after cancer misdiagnosis by Canterbury doctors
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