The immortal life of henrietta lacks
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- Henrietta's cancer
- I feel like my cancer is spreading
- You are fine return in a month
- Segregation in Hospitals
- No people of color allowed !
- The death of Henrietta Lacks
- Henrietta told her doctors how she believed her cancer was spreading but the doctors couldn't find anything and didn't listen to her. In the 1950s doctors would avoid upsetting patients with frightening terms such as cancer so they wouldn't proceed with any diagnoses.
- The HeLa Cell
- In 1951 in Baltimore, segregation was law which meant that black people didn't receive the same care n hospitals as whites.
- The Family
- Henrietta went back to the hospital due to abdomen pain but was sent back home and she returned back again. The doctors did an x-ray and saw that she was ill but they decided to send her home.
- Henrietta's death
- Henrietta went back to the hospital due to abdomen pain but was sent back home and she returned back again. The doctors did an x-ray and saw that she was ill but they decided to send her home.
- Henrietta's family found out that she was sick due to how much in pain she was yet doctors kept sending her home. Although, Henrietta's cousins didn't send her to the hospital because they were clueless that she was dying
- Henrietta's children and husband would go visit her on the first few days but since it will upset her so much, visits weren't allowed after. Day by day she will become more weak and couldn't get up and one of her doctors tried helping but new tumors would appear and overtime passed away.
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