Gran left in agony for months after surgeons put implant in the wrong leg following knee operation
A GRAN endured months of agony after surgeons botched her op by putting a knee implant in the wrong leg.
Barbara Barnes, 74, was scheduled for a double knee replacement and chose to have the left leg operated on first.
But medics used an implant meant for the right joint because the parts had been stored incorrectly.
Mrs Barnes faces more corrective ops after the bungled surgery in October 2018 and is waiting to hear what compensation she may get.
She said: “It’s the kind of error you would not expect.
“After the first procedure something just didn’t seem right, but I kept being told all was fine.
“Being told that a right-sided implant had been used on my left knee was a huge shock.
“You put a huge amount of trust in doctors and something like this impacts on that massively.
“I just hope that the NHS prevents this issue from happening again.”
East Cheshire NHS Trust admits Macclesfield Hospital blundered.
The implant should have been triple checked.
Mrs Barnes’s lawyer Rebecca Hall, of Irwin Mitchell, said: “Preventable mistakes have gone on to have a profound effect on Barbara.”
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