![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/doctors-bare-face-lied-to-new-mum-who-accidentally-had-bladder-removed-during-c-section/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/0_NOT_Felicity-Benyon-04.jpg&description=Felicity's healthy bladder was accidentally removed during a C-section, leaving her with life-changing consequences, and doctors claimed they managed to save her life A new mum who accidentally had her bladder removed during a C-section was originally lied to by doctors, who told her "we managed to save you". Felicity Benyon was left with a permanent urostomy bag due to the mistake at Queen's Medical Centre, and was originally told nothing had been done wrong. She later received an "unreserved apology" from Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), and it admitted liability over the 2015 incident. The 37-year-old, from Mansfield, said: "They barefaced lied to me on multiple occasions about what happened to me." Felicity was in hospital for five months before the birth of her second child as she was suspected to have a rare and potentially fatal pregnancy complication called placenta percreta, where the placenta attaches itself and grows through the uterus. However, the mum-of-two said guidelines were not followed before - and during - a planned C-section, which almost resulted in her death. "As the doctor opened me up he said it was like a scene out of Alien, 'I can't tell what's womb, placenta and baby', and yet he continued to let a junior doctor carry out the C-section," she said. "Luckily it went okay and the baby came out fine, but they soon realised another complication they'd previously ruled out, I did have, and I had the worst case of it which is placenta percreta." Felicity had been warned she might've had placenta percreta after a 25-week ultrasound. But when a further MRI failed to spot the condition, the diagnosis was dismissed a few weeks later. She believed a multi-disciplinary team had met ahead of the C-section, as per guidance, but it turned out that hadn't actually happened. It meant the right specialists weren't on hand, if required. During an emergency hysterectomy, which was carried out due to her placenta becoming completely attached to the womb,){kind=link}
Felicity’s healthy bladder was accidentally removed during a C-section, leaving her with life-changing consequences, and doctors claimed they managed to save her life
A new mum who accidentally had her bladder removed during a C-section was originally lied to by doctors, who told her “we managed to save you”.
Felicity Benyon was left with a permanent urostomy bag due to the mistake at Queen’s Medical Centre, and was originally told nothing had been done wrong. She later received an “unreserved apology” from Nottingham University Hospitals (NUH), and it admitted liability over the 2015 incident.
The 37-year-old, from Mansfield, said: “They barefaced lied to me on multiple occasions about what happened to me.” Felicity was in hospital for five months before the birth of her second child as she was suspected to have a rare and potentially fatal pregnancy complication called placenta percreta, where the placenta attaches itself and grows through the uterus. However, the mum-of-two said guidelines were not followed before – and during – a planned C-section, which almost resulted in her death.
“As the doctor opened me up he said it was like a scene out of Alien, ‘I can’t tell what’s womb, placenta and baby’, and yet he continued to let a junior doctor carry out the C-section,” she said. “Luckily it went okay and the baby came out fine, but they soon realised another complication they’d previously ruled out, I did have, and I had the worst case of it which is placenta percreta.”