Mesh implants wrongly used in dozens of patients, NHS admits

Southmead hospital in Bristol, where the patients were given artificial mesh implants. Photograph: View Pictures/Rex/ShutterstockMore than 50 patients who were given a controversial type of bowel surgery involving artificial mesh implants should not have been operated on, a hospital trust has admitted.Dozens of women should not have received a pelvic floor surgery using mesh at Southmead hospital in Bristol, an investigation found.In 2017 the Guardian uncovered a national scandal surrounding mes