She first attended the emergency department with bowel pain before being discharged following an X-ray in January 2019. A mass was finally identified in Baljeet’s abdomen following multiple hospital visits and she underwent surgery to remove part of her bowel in April 2019. She was subsequently diagnosed with bowel cancer but by then it was too late and she died less than a year later in February 2020. West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust went on to admit Baljeet had twice been discharged in January and February 2019. Neetu and Amandeep wanted to share their mum’s story to make others aware of the signs to look out for when it comes to bowel cancer.
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