A woman whose ovaries were removed without her consent during a bowel disorder surgery committed suicide soon after, and her family says the procedure led to it, The Washington Post reports.
Surgeon Anthony Dixon performed the surgery on Lucinda Methuen-Campbell in 2016 in Bristol, England. Dixon had "built up an international reputation for using mesh to fix bowel problems," according to The Daily Telegraph.
Dixon, who has since been suspended from two hospitals in Bristol and is under investigation by Britain's National Health Service and the General Medical Council, allegedly told Methuen-Campbell he removed her ovaries during the operation because "they were getting in the way."
The implant left the 58-year-old in severe pain.
"I said, 'Why did you remove them?' and he just said, 'They were in the way,'" Methuen-Campbell told the BBC in March. "My life is absolutely ruined."
Added her former partner Philip Chatfield: "The pain continued to get worse and nobody seemed able to solve the problem."
Swansea assistant coroner Aled Gruffydd told the BBC the operation was "unsuccessful and made her pain worse, and it affected her mental health."
"I'm satisfied without doubt that she intended to take her own life," Gruffydd added. "The pain she was in led to her taking her own life."
Before she committed suicide, Methuen-Campbell left a note for her son that said: "I'm sorry Angus, I love you, best son ever."
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