A dad-of-three has been diagnosed with a brain tumour that he says was missed by doctors for 12 years. Ben Jones, 37, from Merthyr Tydfil said doctors at Prince Charles Hospital failed to spot his tumour on multiple brain scans, first in 2010 and then 2014.
After years of being in pain and feeling like something was wrong, Ben decided to seek medical help this year after he started having up to 30 seizures a day. The growth was finally identified on a further scan at the hospital in July.
But, after Ben was referred to another hospital for specialist care, dumbfounded doctors told him the tumour had in fact been visible on his first scan 12 years ago and those thereafter. The mass, which began on one part of the brain, has since spread to three parts of his brain and he will undergo major surgery in October to remove as much of it as possible.
