Woman Alleges Double Mastectomy Due to Mistaken Cancer Diagnosis in Greece

Zoi Giannakourou, a 59-year-old woman, has filed a lawsuit alleging a tragic medical error led to her undergoing a double mastectomy and lymph node removal for breast cancer she never had. Giannakourou described her experience as a "Calvary" to MEGA's "Exelixeis Tora" program.

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They tell me, over the phone, you have cancer, 90% aggressive, you have 18 months to live. (...) Surgery is necessary because we don't know where else it has gone.

She recounted that an initial biopsy suggested a severe diagnosis, with doctors telling her over the phone she had aggressive cancer and only 18 months to live. They emphasized the necessity of surgery due to the unknown spread of the disease.

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I resolve the collaboration with him, I go to a female surgeon, I have the second surgery. (...) A month passes, they couldn't find the cancer anywhere. The surgeon is starting to go crazy, they do 9 needle aspirations on me, they don't find the cancer anywhere.

Giannakourou stated she clashed with her first surgeon, whom she called inhumane. She then sought a second opinion and underwent another surgery with a female surgeon. After a month of tests and nine needle aspirations failed to locate any cancer, the second surgeon grew increasingly perplexed.

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I say, let's do a DNA test to see if the slide from the positive biopsy is mine? (...) We discover that this slide belongs to another woman.

The shocking revelation came when Giannakourou requested a DNA test on the biopsy slide. It was then discovered that the slide belonged to another woman. The lawsuit, filed two years ago, seeks justice for the immense suffering and ordeal she endured.

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I went to court, I filed a lawsuit, 2 years have passed.