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A South Shore man diagnosed with generalized cancer last year is suing three doctors and the Verdun Hospital, alleging health professionals failed to disclose biopsy results from three years earlier that could have prevented the cancer from spreading.

Régis Thibert, a 57-year-old from St-Hubert, was told last fall he has less than a year to live. The lawsuit, filed on March 6, seeks a total of $1.16 million in damages for Thibert, his wife, his son and four siblings.

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The suit claims the hospital explained the delay in communicating the 2015 results, which showed Thibert had prostate cancer, by an “error related to” his name.

“It’s so frustrating. I felt so much resentment toward everyone involved when I found out,” Thibert said this week, trying to remain calm. “I thought, ‘it can’t be possible to make an error this bad.’ It’s unbelievable.”

According to the lawsuit, Thibert’s family doctor recommended he see a urologist in early 2015 to have his prostate checked. He met one within weeks and had a rectal exam completed. He was then sent to the Verdun Hospital for biopsies.