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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Holly Evans & Milica Cosic

Mum diagnosed with terminal cancer after doctors said back pain was pregnancy cramps

A young mum has revealed that she was diagnosed with cancer after doctors told her that the back pain she was experiencing were pregnancy cramps.

Mazeda Aktar, 29, has now been diagnosed with an inoperable terminal cancer, after hospital staff dismissed her concerns.

Known to her family as Dina, the mum-of-two said she went for months with back pains and terrible headaches. And with each visit to A&E with excruciating pain, the mum's concerns were simply dismissed.

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