Hospital accused of sending woman with bullet lodged in her head home with ‘Band-Aid’ - nypost.com

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...A Miami woman wounded in a drive-by shooting was told she suffered a graze wound and sent home with a bandage - but later found out she still had a bullet lodged in her head, according to reports.

...Shakena Jefferson, 42, and two other people suffered gunshot wounds near her home in Southwest Miami-Dade a week ago, according to ABC News.

...She was taken to a local hospital, where a doctor wrapped up the wound near her left temple, gave her antibiotics and sent her home, her wife, Janet Medley, told the network.

..."We are so grateful to be here. So grateful to be alive," Medley told ABC News from her bed at Baptist Hospital, where Jefferson was recovering.

...Medley said she and Jefferson plan to take legal action against the first hospital.

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