'I just feel so guilty that we did not fight harder to get the treatment that she needed.'
The family of a North Belfast woman who passed away earlier this year have said they feel she was let down by the health service after discovering she died of cancer from her autopsy.
During her time there her condition continued to deteriorate despite the treatment she received and ten days after being admitted she was taken to ICU.Joanne's family have now raised serious concerns regarding the treatment that she received at hospital, saying that they had no idea the disease had returned until they received her autopsy report which cited cancer as her cause of death.
"In the months before she was hospitalised she was developing problems with her breathing and was struggling to walk even short distances due to the pain that she was in. "Joanne was such a wonderful woman who would have done anything for anyone and was so dedicated in her job as a carer and would go above and beyond for anyone. It is heartbreaking for us that when it was her turn to be cared for, she was let down so badly."
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