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Ben Borland & Chiara Pollock

Lanarkshire woman forced to spend life savings on ovarian cancer operation in England

A woman who was faced with a 12-week wait in Scotland for life-changing surgery dived into her life savings to travel down south for the procedure.

Mags McCaul, from Wishaw, North Lanarkshire, was diagnosed with stage three high-grade cancer in August after experiencing severe bloating and abdominal pain.

After four chemotherapy sessions, the 50 year-old was forced to use her life savings to travel to England for the surgery that she was told would be a 12-week wait in Scotland, the Scottish Daily Express reports.

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