Young Ayr mum 'tortured' over wait for urgent NHS appointment after worrying brain scan

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A young mum says she has been tortured by the agonising wait for an ‘urgent’ follow-up appointment after a worrying brain scan reveal.

Katie Scullion from Ayr has been left in the dark over when she will be able to meet with a specialist to discuss ‘visible masses’ discovered on her brain following an MRI scan last June.

The mum-of-two, who had her second child in July, has faced an anxious wait to be diagnosed due to pressures of the Covid pandemic.But despite being placed on the urgent list for a neurology appointment, Katie faces a gut-wrenching three-month wait to be seen.It comes as nearly 10,000 patients have waited a year or more for NHS treatment in Ayrshire, including key diagnostic tests.

The figures, from Public Health Scotland, show that a total of 9,346 people in the Ayrshire and Arran area faced extensive waits to treat their ailments, as of September 30 last year.Katie, 22, was pregnant with her six-month-old daughter when she was first rushed into hospital after suffering from stroke symptoms.Her speech had slurred to the point she couldn’t string a sentence together and she was suffering from painful headaches and nausea when she was carted up to Ayr Hospital.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now.Get all the local news in your area – plus features, football news and the latest on the coronavirus crisis – at your fingertips 24/7.The free download features the latest breaking news and exclusive stories while you can customise your page with the sections that matter to you.The Ayrshire Live app is available to download now on iOS and Android.Fearing the young mum-to-be was suffering from a stroke, medics whisked her into an MRI scanner to check there were no bleeds or clots in her brain.But