A patient at risk, she was placed “on a waiting list for 18 months” before the operation: after a preventive double mastectomy, the hospital diagnosed her with breast cancer.

Between medical deserts and overloaded hospitals, delays can have terrible consequences. In Great Britain too, the hospital is under pressure. And it is no longer rare for emergencies to be the scene of news events.

Sharni Marks is proof. This 31-year-old mother had done things the right way. In 2018, tests revealed that she carried the BRCA2 gene, a gene predisposing to cancer be you.

In August 2022, she was placed on the waiting list at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley (England) to undergo a preventative double mastectomy, followed by reconstructive surgery. But the months passed and the wait dragged on.

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“I got to the point where I called often to get news.”she said in the columns of the Mirror. “I felt like I had already heard about what I was going to be told each time before I called. At first, finally having a preventative double mastectomy was a relief. But it turned into in devastation when I was told I had developed cancer”.

An analysis of the tissue removed revealed a suspicious mass. Verdict: stage 3 cancer, developed during this endless wait. Since then, Sharni has been undergoing chemotherapy treatment and battling the disease. The hospital apologized to him.