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Glasgow Live
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Norman Silvester

Glasgow granny's hip surgery cancelled at last minute after five year wait

A Parkhead granny waited five years for hip replacement surgery only to have it cancelled four days before she was due to go under the knife.

Joan Brown says she's "gutted" after learning the long-awaited operation scheduled to take place at Glasgow Royal Infirmary last Monday morning wasn't going ahead.

The 60-year-old received a phone call telling her of concerns over her morphine intake, despite two pre-operative consultations in February and April raising no issues, the Sunday Mail reports

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