A transgender Scottish landowner is suing the NHS after it refused to carry out a third sex change surgery, claiming negligence, discrimination and a breach of human rights. The Telegraph has the story.
Lady [sic] Samantha Kane, who was born male and now styles himelf as Lady Carbisdale after buying a £5 million Scottish castle, is thought to be the only person in Britain to have changed gender three times.
Mr. Kane, who was born male, had surgery in 1997 to become Samantha, before having it reversed and taking on the identity of Charles Kane in 2004.
He claims doctors at University College London Hospital (UCLH) NHS Foundation Trust then refused a request for a third surgery to revert to a woman in 2017, leading Mr. Kane to have a private procedure in Serbia in 2018, which was allegedly “botched”.
Mr. Kane, a trained engineer, barrister and business tycoon, alleges that the NHS then refused treatment again after the Serbian procedure allegedly resulted in “infected” surgical devices being left inside his body, which he said caused agony lasting three years.
UCLH medics finally agreed to help in 2021, Mr. Kane said.
In the legal claim, the 64-year-old said the refusal to provide treatment relating to the third gender reassignment amounted to negligence, discrimination and a breach of human rights. …
The court heard that Mr. Kane is claiming £162,000, according to the schedule of loss, but told the judge the case was not so much about the money, “but more about achieving justice”.
Sam Burrett, for the NHS trust, told the judge that it would fight the claim.
A full trial is set to take place at a later date.
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