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Woman’s Years of Chest Pain Spark Hospital Misdiagnosis Concerns

By Drooid · Oct 23, 2026, 3:07 AM UTC · How we work

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Hollie Sharman, 25, repeatedly sought hospital care because she believed she was dying.
She visited the hospital four to five times each week for severe chest pain.
Her longest emergency-department stay lasted 13 hours.
Doctors performed numerous tests but found no medical cause.
A panic attack in restaurant toilets on her 22nd birthday sparked years of symptom searching and isolation.

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Story summary

Hollie Sharman, 25, repeatedly sought hospital care because she believed she was dying.
She visited the hospital four to five times each week for severe chest pain.
Her longest emergency-department stay lasted 13 hours.
Doctors performed numerous tests but found no medical cause.
A panic attack in restaurant toilets on her 22nd birthday sparked years of symptom searching and isolation.