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Survivor's Pain Ignored: Hospital Discharge Leads to Serious Diagnosis

10/16/2025

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Tracy Jardine, a cancer survivor from South Lanarkshire, says she was discharged from University Hospital Wishaw despite severe pain.
After three days of examinations and CT scans that failed to identify her condition, she was sent home.
At Hairmyres Hospital, clinicians found a perforated bowel, ovarian cysts, and an E.coli infection, and she filed a complaint against the health board while recovering at home and awaiting a stoma operation.

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Story summary

Tracy Jardine, a cancer survivor from South Lanarkshire, says she was discharged from University Hospital Wishaw despite severe pain.
After three days of examinations and CT scans that failed to identify her condition, she was sent home.
At Hairmyres Hospital, clinicians found a perforated bowel, ovarian cysts, and an E.coli infection, and she filed a complaint against the health board while recovering at home and awaiting a stoma operation.