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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
Health
Sophie Watson & Ellie Kemp

Mum given months to live after doctors wrongly blamed cancer symptoms on Covid jab and told her she had an STI

A nurse manager has been given just months to live after medics wrongly dismissed her cancer symptoms as side-effects of having the Covid jab.

Katie Pritchard, 37, is now having to crowdfund £200,000 for private treatment after she was twice misdiagnosed before finding out she had cervical cancer. The mum-of-two went to her GP after finding a lump but was told there was 'nothing to worry about' and her symptoms may have been down to the Pfizer vaccine.

She was also told that it may be a prolapsed bladder from having children and was left insulted by another suggestion it was an STI despite 17 years with her partner. Unhappy with her treatment, Katie independently scheduled an appointment with a gynaecologist and was diagnosed with cervical cancer later that same month.

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