'Am I going to die?' - Hospital told woman she had breast cancer via an email

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A woman has told of her shock after she was informed via email that she had cancer - just days after being told that there were no follow-up appointments available following her scans.

Jennifer Keane only just turned 40 last month, but had been troubled by breast cancer symptoms since late summer. The structural engineer went to her GP who referred her on to the Nightingale Centre, the diagnostic and treatment centre for breast cancer at Wythenshawe Hospital.

Jennifer, from Disley, attended her appointment for a mammogram and ultrasound scan, but after being told by clinicians to book a follow up appointment in two weeks, she was then informed by receptionists that there were none available in that timeframe.

Two days after Jennifer's scans, she says she received an email containing a letter from the Nightingale Centre to her GP - detailing that her scan images were labelled with codes denoting cancer. READ MORE: Partner of man battered to death in his own home picked out alleged murderer in ID parade, jury told READ MORE: Moment killer Audi driver speeds past at 118mph seconds before horror crash on major road that left one dead The hospital has apologised 'for the distress this has caused', saying 'patient care is our top priority and we endeavour to deliver sensitive news directly to patients from a member of the clinical team'. “My symptoms properly started between July and August, but I didn’t think much of it.