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.