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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Thomas

‘NHS doctors ignored my pleas for help after giving birth. Now I’m living with a colostomy bag’

When Rachel Cooper arrived at hospital to give birth to her son in April 2018, she had no idea she would be leaving days later with a life-changing injury.

But Ms Cooper, now 43, is one of the dozens of mothers and families who say they were harmed by poor maternity care at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, one of the largest trusts in the country.

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