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05
Jan 2023
Operations cancelled after leak at Harrogate hospital
Harrogate District Hospital has apologised after cancelling patients' planned surgeries with less than 24 hours' notice during the Christmas break.
One patient, who asked not to be named, said she was due to have essential orthopaedic surgery last Friday, December 30.
However, she received a call at lunchtime on Thursday to say there had been a leak and the operating theatre was out of use.
Due to go into hospital at 7am the next day, she instead had her surgery cancelled and no new date provided.
She told the Stray Ferret:
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Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust said the last-minute cancellation was down to a water leak the basement, near the air handling units for the operating theatre.
A spokesperson said:
The patient, who is self-employed and works in the wedding industry, said she had been waiting for the last year to get a date for her surgery.
She had been offered a slot in the summer but, as it was at the height of the season, she had to turn it down or face losing all her business for the year.
She was then offered the December date around eight weeks ago. The new date had been ideal, she said, as it would give her the required time to recover before this year's wedding season began in spring.
She said:
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