'After confirmation that everything went well, that I would not have any complications, later (I was told) they took out one ovary and left the other.' 9News
Chelene Watson, 52, decided to undergo a hysterectomy at Mackay Base Hospital in 2008 after suffering from debilitating endometriosis.
"After confirmation that everything went well, that I would not have any complications, later they took out one ovary and left the other," she told 9News."I specifically asked the doctor, 'Do I need to have women's checks like I would normally have in the past to prevent anything down the track?'After 12 years, Watson began to experience severe pain again so went to the doctors for scans and exploratory surgery but didn't expect the devastating findings.
"They found that in the surgery, when they sent it to Genetics Australia, that it originated from my ovary." Watson claims she had been told the ovary, where the cancer had originated, had been removed in the hysterectomy surgery in 2008.and the damning findings of the inquiry were handed down last Friday."The Clinical Review Committee also noted that there was unclear communication regarding the status of your ovaries after the hysterectomy, in that you understood one ovary had been removed," the committee said.