A grandmother who has waited more than five years for a hip replacement operation had her long-awaited surgery cancelled at short notice. Joan Brown was due to go under the knife at Glasgow Royal Infirmary last Monday morning.
The 60-year-old is in constant pain from both hips and her right knee, and has to take morphine tablets twice a day. Her appointment was finally arranged after the family highlighted her long wait in the Sunday Mail.
But the hospital called four days before surgery to say there were concerns over her morphine intake, which they wanted to reduce before they went ahead. Joan said no such concerns were raised when she went for her pre-operation consultations in February and April.
