A PENSIONER who was left in constant pain when surgeons bungled the scheduling of her hip replacement operation will have the procedure by the end of the month.

Sheila Kendal, 79 (pictured), fractured her 12-year-old artificial hip in August and saw three scheduled operations to fix the problem cancelled. She was then told that her surgeon believed it would be better for her to be referred off-island for the procedure.

Her case was highlighted by the Guernsey Press last month and the Medical Specialist Group, which employs all surgeons locally, admitted it had handled the OAP’s case badly and apologised for what it accepted was a ‘failure’.

The group refused to further discuss the case in public after Mrs Kendal’s daughter offered to pay for her to have the operation privately because she was so disgusted with the way her mother had been treated.

Mrs Kendal had originally been told that she would have to wait until March for the operation but has confirmed that the MSG has now managed to get her a date much sooner, which means she no longer has to go private.

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