A pregnant woman who went to Northwick Park Hospital with stomach pains was shown a pornographic film in the waiting room.
Loredana Sueleru, 24, was with her husband Narces when she claimed the x-rated movie popped up on the television screen.
Mrs Sueleru, who is 23 weeks pregnant, told the Star on Sunday: “We had a big surprise and we filmed it. It is disgusting. It is wrong. It is not appropriate.”
“We wanted to tell someone what we were seeing, but there were no staff to tell. I didn’t see anyone.”
A spokesman for London North West Healthcare NHS Trust, which manages the hospital in Watford Road, Sudbury, issued an apology for the blunder.
He said: “We would like to apologise to the couple concerned for the upset caused.
“This was a genuine error with a digital TV channel having been on which, between 2am and 3am, broadcasts material of an adult nature.
“If our staff had been made aware then they would have changed the channel immediately.”
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