A hospital accused of having removed the two kidneys of a woman in good health

ENGLEWOOD, Colorado – Imagine if the doctors withdrew both of your kidneys to admit later that you had no kidney cancer?

Linda Woolley, 73, said it was exactly what had happened to her. "I was not really happy," said Englewood's grandmother at KDVR.

Woolley must undergo dialysis treatment three times a week for four-hour treatments per visit.

"My life has been completely changed, dialysis is not a picnic, no matter how much you get used to it, it robs you of your life," Woolley said.

In May, doctors from the University of Colorado Hospital took both Woolley kidneys. In an interview with KDVR, Woolley said the doctors had told her that a surgery was necessary because she probably had kidney cancer based on pathology reports.

KDVR got a copy of a March 2018 biopsy that shows "no evidence of malignancy" and results "consistent with a benign process".

Nevertheless, two months later, the doctors removed her two kidneys. "A big mistake, a big mistake," said Woolley.

A new biopsy performed after removal of the kidneys revealed "no evidence of carcinoma" and "no identified mass lesion", which means the absence of cancer.

Now, Linda Woolley needs at least one new kidney and the average wait for a transplant in the United States is seven years.

The hospital did not apologize or explain to Linda. Instead, he does not even recognize that Linda was a patient despite her willingness to sign a release form.

"It's terrifying because you do not have a choice when you go to the hospital. You hope to be taken care of, "said Woolley.

Linda Woolley retained the services of a lawyer to represent her in a possible lawsuit.

She is not yet healthy enough to be on the country's kidney transplant list, but when she does, she will join more than 95,000 Americans on this list.