A Newry woman has had her bowel removed after "spending years begging doctors to carry out tests" on a possible blockage.
Yolanda Kernoghan is currently on a seven-week waiting list for corrective surgery following a series of infections and problems that have arisen following her bowel removal surgery.
Her husband Kilian said over the past few years she had suffered from issues with her bowel and had been finding it very difficult to eat. At one point she went nine and a half weeks without solid food.