BRISTOL, ENGLAND — One of Britain's most well-known doctors is now under investigation after removing a woman's ovaries during a surgery without her consent.<br /><br />Reported by the Telegraph, in 2016, Lucinda Methuen[e]-Campbell, 58, was experiencing a bowel problem and sought help at Spire[f] Hospital in Bristol, England.<br /><br />The woman eventually had to go through a surgery, which was carried out by Dr. Anthony Dixon, who was internationally renowned for using mesh to fix bowel problems.<br /><br />The woman later learned something shocking — her ovaries had been removed during the surgery, but without her permission. Dixon told her that he did her a favor.<br /><br />In an interview with the BBC, Methuen-Campbell said Dixon defended his decision by telling Methuen-Campbell that her ovaries were in the way.<br /><br />Despite the follow-up operation, Methuen-Campbell was still experiencing excruciating pain constantly.<br /><br />After telling her ex-partner that there didn't seem to be a solution for her pain, Methuen-Campbell was later found dead, hanging in her attic of her home in the village of Three Crosses, near Swansea.<br /><br />Methuen-Campbell's ex-partner and son told the media that while she was alive, she was in a great deal of pain after the operations and was very upset that her ovaries had been removed, and no one was able to solve the problem. <br /><br />Swansea assistant coroner Aled Gruffydd ruled the death a suicide, and cited that the operation made the pain worse and affected the woman's mental health.<br /><br />Since the incident, Dixon has been suspended by both Spire[g] Hospital and Southmead Hospital, he's currently under investigation by England's National Health Service. <br /><br />In a response to the surgery, Dixon admitted that all operations have potential problems but they were done in good faith and most of them were successful.
