EastEnders SPOILERS: Heartbreak for Ben Mitchell over hearing surgery

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Ben Mitchell will be left devasted on Monday night’s episode of EastEnders as he prepares for surgery. The troubled man has lost his hearing and is eager to get things back on track.

However, everything goes pear shape on the day of his surgery because… well it is EastEnders after all. Did you expect things to go smoothly?

Ben tries to wrangle police information out of his boyfriend Callum, which leads to an altercation between the pair. Feeling guilty about leaving him ahead of his big surgery, Callum returns but it soon becomes apparent that their fight isn’t the only thing upsetting Ben.

When Kathy shows up to support Ben and reassure him ahead of his surgery it’s clear that he is ill. A fact further aggravated when Ben notices Callum