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Bill Delahunt: “This is Linda McDougal, and like Nathaniel and many others she too would be a victim of the underlying bill H.R. 5. She…”

On the recordMarch 13, 2003
This is Linda McDougal, and like Nathaniel and many others she too would be a victim of the underlying bill H.R. 5. She received an unnecessary double mastectomy after doctors mixed up her results, her lab results, and erroneously told her she had breast cancer. Under this bill her lifetime of pain and disfigurement would be worth $250,000 and not a penny more. I ask my friends, is that fair? Well, if my friends have any doubts, I would suggest they ask their mother, their sister or their daughter.
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Bill Delahunt
Massachusetts
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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the implications of bill H.R. 5 on victims of medical errors.

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