Women Receive Unnecessary Breast Surgery
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Vocabulary
mastectomy /mæˈstɛk.tə.mi/ noun
a surgical operation to remove all or part of the breast
After her mastectomy, she attended support groups with other women.
unnecessary /ʌnˈnes.ə.ser.i/ adjective
not needed or not required
The report found that many of the treatments were unnecessary.
trust /trʌst/ noun
in this context, a government organization that manages hospitals and medical services
The health trust operates three hospitals in the region.
Article
Several hundred women in England have discovered that they received medical treatment they did not actually need. A hospital trust in County Durham performed unnecessary surgeries on patients. Now these women are speaking out about their experiences and seeking answers about why this happened to them.
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