'Turn grief into grace': Woman didn't know donor tissue was used in her ankle op

Home / New ZealandUpdatedElla Scott-FlemingOpen Justice reporter·NZ Herald·6 Jul, 2026 06:00 AM5 mins to read‌The woman needed screws inserted into her ankle after an injury in 2023. The woman needed screws inserted into her ankle after an injury in 2023. Eleven days after her ankle surgery, a woman found a card in a bag of bandages from hospital that read: “turn grief into grace”.

Puzzled, she asked her surgeon what it meant, only to discover he had used a donor’s tissue, which was against her religious and cultural beliefs, in

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