Overview
- The patient, 48, first presented to LKH Graz II in September 2024 with fever and weakness, and scans indicated inflammation without a tumor.
- Despite the imaging, a biopsy report read adenocarcinoma, and doctors recommended rapid surgery.
- Because of long public-hospital waiting times, she was advised to undergo the operation at a private clinic, where part of a lung was removed.
- Post-operative findings showed no cancer, and her lawyer reports lasting harms including a 15–17 cm chest scar, numbness, reduced capacity, anxiety and sleep disturbances.
- KAGES rejects the lawsuit’s allegations, stating histopathology, treatment and consent were performed lege artis, as renewed media coverage brings the case into the legal spotlight.