An Ocala grandmother claims a local healthcare provider did not diagnose her breast cancer for several months, allowing the disease to advance to Stage IV while she awaited an appointment for imaging.
Attorneys representing Shonte D. Page filed the lawsuit against the University of Central Florida College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education Program and Heart of Florida Health Center in the Ninth Judicial Circuit Court of Orange County on September 5.
According to the complaint, Page noticed a small lump in the upper left quadrant of her left breast in early March 2023. After she noticed the lump, Page allegedly scheduled a visit with her primary care practice at Heart of Florida Health Center. The lawsuit does not specify which Heart of Florida Health Center location Page visited. It does list her as a resident of Marion County…