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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Nicole Wootton-Cane

‘My hysterectomy was cancelled after water outages in Tunbridge Wells’

A woman who had a major operation cancelled amid days-long water outages in a Kent town has hit out at utilities bosses for letting down “vulnerable” people.

Jessie Wilson, 47, was due to have a hysterectomy at the Nuffield Health Tunbridge Wells Hospital on Tuesday. But at the last minute, her procedure was cancelled after water provider South East Water (SEW) confirmed the outages would spill over into a fourth day.

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