Scots call for ban on amputations of healthy limbs

Scottish polticians have called on Scottish health minister Susan Deacon to initiate legislation preventing the amputation of healthy limbs anywhere in Scotland following an application by Robert Smith, a surgeon at Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary, to carry out the procedure at a private hospital. Mr Smith caused controversy earlier ...

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