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Article: I had an op to remove my appendix - a month later I found out it was still there ; Patient's shock after return to hospital reveals surgery blunder
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- Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
- Article date:
- August 26, 2009
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An NHS patient spoke of his disgust yesterday after he underwent
surgery to have his appendix removed - only to find it was still
there one month later.
Mark Wattson, 35, went under the knife in July after a ruptured
appendix left him writhing in agony.
Doctors told him the appendectomy was a success and he was
discharged from Great Western Hospital (GWH) in Swindon.
But one month later Mark collapsed in agony and was rushed back
into hospital - where doctors told him his appendix was still there -
and had burst.
Surgeons performed a second operation to remove his appendix but
could not explain why the organ was not taken out during the first
procedure.
Mark, of Swindon, claims he lost his ...