Local woman says she was told she would lose the sight in one eye due to pressures on the health service - daughter-in-law @SorchaEastwood told @StephenNolan what happened

A local woman was told she would lose her eye due to pressure on the NHS, her family have claimed. Jennifer Shirlow suffered a detached retina and was admitted to the Royal Victoria Hospital's eye casualty department on Friday. An operation was arranged for today, but was cancelled - as another patient with just one eye needed the same procedure. It was rescheduled for Thursday but by that time it was unlikely that her eye could be saved. Her daughter-in-law Sorcha Eastwood, who works for the Alliance Party, posted about the incident on Twitter. She spoke to Stephen this morning.