A 79-year-old patient claims an Ayr Hospital surgeon ‘interrogated’ him while he awaited surgery.
Louie McColm, from Prestwick, was due to have polyps removed from his colon last Thursday when he claims a senior consultant demanded to know where he had received the appointment and grilled him with questions.
The ex-army sergeant, whose dad and brother died from bowel cancer, said he had been referred to the consultant after undergoing a similar procedure three weeks earlier.