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A grandmother-of-four waiting on a hip replacement in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh was sent home due to the necessary sterile equipment not being available.
Kate Stewart was admitted on 19 July after spending 20 weeks in severe pain waiting on an operation she was told would be done within three months.
The 69-year-old, who worked as a receptionist with NHS Lothian for 16 years, arrived at 7am in the preparation ward having fasted the night before and was told just after 3pm that she had to go home as the hospital did not have clean equipment for her surgery.
http://www.scotsman.com/uk-2-14998/...surgery-because-equipment-not-clean-1-4519753
Kate Stewart was admitted on 19 July after spending 20 weeks in severe pain waiting on an operation she was told would be done within three months.
The 69-year-old, who worked as a receptionist with NHS Lothian for 16 years, arrived at 7am in the preparation ward having fasted the night before and was told just after 3pm that she had to go home as the hospital did not have clean equipment for her surgery.
http://www.scotsman.com/uk-2-14998/...surgery-because-equipment-not-clean-1-4519753