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Woman sues hospital after she was mistakenly told her ovaries had been removed

Scotland: A woman was mistakenly told her ovaries had been successfully removed when a locum surgeon mistook her for another patient, a report has revealed.

The patient, who has not been named, didn't discover she still had her reproductive organs until five months later when she returned to a consultant in pain.

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