£40,000 in damages for botched operation

A woman has been awarded £40,000 in damages in an out of court settlement after being left with permanent disabilities following a hysterectomy operation which caused a perforated bowel. Her wound failed to heal and after 18 months she was referred to a plastic surgeon, and underwent surgery to have a skin graft taken from her leg and applied to her wound in an effort to help it heal, but the procedure proved unsuccessful.