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Cyber-attack left me in ridiculous pain

A young girl has been left bedbound and in 鈥渞idiculous pain鈥 after the cyber-attack on the NHS meant her leg amputation was cancelled.

Jess Lawton, 23, was due to have an operation to relieve a chronic pain condition after a gymnastics accident. She told 5 live鈥檚 Nicky Campbell:

鈥淲e鈥檇 been counting down the days, the hours just to get it done. I鈥檝e been bed bound for a year. It鈥檚 been long enough. I need to be able to have a bit of a life.鈥

Jess has not yet received another date for her operation but believes it could be many more months.

鈥淭hey鈥檝e no idea what impact they [the hackers] have made on everyone who鈥檚 suffered from it.鈥

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Monday 15 May 2017.

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