Horrifying medical blunders in which patients have had the wrong body part removed have soared in just two years, according to new figures.
Incredibly the number of patients who have woken from surgery to find themselves victims of terrible blunders almost doubled last year.
Among the clinical mishaps last year were eight incidents of the wrong disc being removed, five cases of the wrong leg being amputated and four cases of the wrong hip being taken.
It follows revelations of doctors removing the wrong testicle and a woman given a hysterectomy in error after a records mix up.
Other mistakes include the wrong set of lungs being transplanted into a patient and a child who was mistakenly circumcised after doctors visited the wrong home.
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