JustJustice
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What is the name of your state? California
In September of 2018 I went in to get some tests done because I had some edema in my foot. When I went back to get the results I was told I was hiv positive. I told the practitioner that I never consented to this test and he said that I signed the lab papers which I never did and I asked for a copy from the lab and sure enough I never signed for this test in accordance with the California statute. Immediately afterward the shock of being told I was hiv positive I was put on an ecg and was casually told that I had congestive heart failure and that I had to wait 2 months to see a cardiologist. During that time I was obviously very depressed, didn’t sleep at all and the stress made me very sick. It took me almost a year to barely function from these traumas. When I finally saw the cardiologist she ran some tests and that diagnosis also turned out to be false and that nothing was wrong with my heart. The practitioner never changed the heart failure diagnosis till I demanded it. I also demanded in writing for the hiv test to be deleted from my record 2 months ago. I’ve called numerous times to see if the deleted it and they kept giving me the run around and intentionally never returned any of my phone calls. It seems to me that they collaborated with the director of the clinic to not return my calls. It is known that there over 70 conditions which register a false hiv positive result and Epstein Barr virus which I’ve had since birth is one of them. In any case, since I never consented or signed for this test how can I delete it from my record and what recourse do I have?
In September of 2018 I went in to get some tests done because I had some edema in my foot. When I went back to get the results I was told I was hiv positive. I told the practitioner that I never consented to this test and he said that I signed the lab papers which I never did and I asked for a copy from the lab and sure enough I never signed for this test in accordance with the California statute. Immediately afterward the shock of being told I was hiv positive I was put on an ecg and was casually told that I had congestive heart failure and that I had to wait 2 months to see a cardiologist. During that time I was obviously very depressed, didn’t sleep at all and the stress made me very sick. It took me almost a year to barely function from these traumas. When I finally saw the cardiologist she ran some tests and that diagnosis also turned out to be false and that nothing was wrong with my heart. The practitioner never changed the heart failure diagnosis till I demanded it. I also demanded in writing for the hiv test to be deleted from my record 2 months ago. I’ve called numerous times to see if the deleted it and they kept giving me the run around and intentionally never returned any of my phone calls. It seems to me that they collaborated with the director of the clinic to not return my calls. It is known that there over 70 conditions which register a false hiv positive result and Epstein Barr virus which I’ve had since birth is one of them. In any case, since I never consented or signed for this test how can I delete it from my record and what recourse do I have?