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Surgeon mistook North Wales cancer patient’s tattoo for site of tumour

The patient has had more investigations ahead of further surgery after a surgeon removed the wrong bowel segment, and the case was one of 10 never events.

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A cancer patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor had the wrong part of their bowel removed after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour.

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Surgeon mistook North Wales cancer patient’s tattoo for site of tumour

A cancer patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor had the wrong part of their bowel removed after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour.

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Surgeon mistook Ysbyty Gwynedd cancer patient’s tattoo for site of tumour

A cancer patient at Ysbyty Gwynedd, Bangor had the wrong part of their bowel removed after a surgeon mistook a tattoo for the site of a tumour.

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North Wales Chronicle broke the news in Wales, United Kingdom on Tuesday, May 26, 2026.
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