A Lanarkshire cancer survivor claims she was "kicked out" of a local hospital in agonising pain just hours before doctors discovered she was suffering from a potentially life-threatening condition.

Tracy Jardine, from Stonehouse, had only been married for a matter of weeks when she was admitted to University Hospital Wishaw with excruciating pain .

The mum-of-three says she "felt like she was in labour" and begged medics not to discharge her before she was sent home.

The 52-year-old carer says she went back home "screaming in pain" before doctors at a different hospital found that she had a perforated bowel and a series of other health problems, which have resulted in her requiring a stoma operation, reports the Daily Record .

She said: “I grabbed that doctor’s hand and begged hi

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