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A mother of two has been given a multimillion-pound payout by a Birmingham hospital, after mistakes during an operation left her paralysed.
Hazel Spence, 35, from Bilston, went to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for surgery to remove a benign cyst in 2006.
The nerves in her spinal cord were damaged by a junior doctor in a follow-up procedure.
The hospital has apologised and carried out an investigation to ensure the same mistake does not happen again.
Ms Spence had been admitted to the hospital to have the cyst removed from between her shoulder blades.
The operation went well but errors were made when a junior doctor went to flush a drain that was removing fluid from her spine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21242836
Hazel Spence, 35, from Bilston, went to Queen Elizabeth Hospital for surgery to remove a benign cyst in 2006.
The nerves in her spinal cord were damaged by a junior doctor in a follow-up procedure.
The hospital has apologised and carried out an investigation to ensure the same mistake does not happen again.
Ms Spence had been admitted to the hospital to have the cyst removed from between her shoulder blades.
The operation went well but errors were made when a junior doctor went to flush a drain that was removing fluid from her spine.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-birmingham-21242836