Oops! 99-year-old woman told she is pregnant by NHS

Doris Ayling, who turns 100 in November, got the shock of her life when she was told she was pregnant

Oops! 99-year-old woman told she is pregnant by NHS

by Kayleigh Dray |
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Doris, who has seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, was tickled pink when she received a letter asking her to attend a maternity appointment at Fareham Community Hospital in Hampshire.

She was asked to provide a urine sample for the antenatal appointment.

Bizarrely, the pensioner’s correct date of birth - showing she would be 100 in November was on the appointment card.

Speaking to the Bognor Regis Observer, Doris said: "I was a bit amused by it all.

"I've never been to the Portsmouth hospitals and I don't know where the Fareham hospital is. It's a complete mystery to me how I got this letter.

"I had three children when I was 20, 23 and 29. That was enough."

Via ITV

Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust have since apologised and said the mix up was due to an ‘administrative error’.

They said: "We have written to the lady that was incorrectly sent the appointment letter.

"It was a rare administrative error and we have apologised for any unnecessary anxiety this error may have caused."

We imagine Doris was very happy to hear that she wasn’t expecting; after all, it’s been 70 years since her last pregnancy!

Watch the full report over at ITV.com now.

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