Scots mum who endured 'barbaric' intimate procedure without pain relief tells of horror
dailyrecord.co.ukA mum who endured a “barbaric” intimate procedure without pain relief has said she has never been through so much pain.Campaigners are calling on the NHS to stop scrimping on their health after having to suffer unbearable pain whilst undergoing hysteroscopy procedures without anaesthetic or analgesia.
Shocked Agnes McQuillan, 57, had a hysteroscopy at Glasgow’s New Victoria Hospital but was forced to stop the procedure after only ten minutes because she couldn’t endure it any longer.
Agnes, from Bearsden in Glasgow, said: “It was the worst experience. I was in complete shock. I just felt violated. The procedure is absolutely barbaric and the pain was awful.
It probably comes down to money but they can’t scrimp on women’s health and expect them to suffer in agony.A hysteroscopy, where a needlelike rod with a tiny camera and surgical tools is passed through the cervix into the womb, is used to detect cancer, pre-cancer and benign abnormalities.
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