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NHS hernia mesh 'leaving patients in pain'

NHS England is using mesh to repair hernias which leaves many patients in chronic pain, surgeons have told us.
The concerns come after it emerged that more than 800 women are taking legal action against the NHS over the use of vaginal mesh implants.
One woman said she was left "screaming on all fours from the agonising pain".
NHS England said mesh implants had been successfully used to treat hernias for several decades.

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