NHS blunder sees wrong woman given invasive procedure
The 39-year-old was waiting for a fertility appointment, but mistaken for another patient, a report says. …
She was checked in at the reception desk at the same time as another patient, who had arrived for a colposcopy appointment. This is a procedure to look at the cervix, the lower part of the womb at the top of the vagina, often carried out if cervical screening finds abnormal cells in the cervix.