99-year-old great-grandmother told she is pregnant by an NHS hospital (Photos)

A great-grandmother was astonished to be told she is pregnant by an NHS hospital even through she is nearing her 100th birthday.

Doris Ayling, who has seven grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren, received a letter telling her to attend an antenatal appointment.

After she complained, the health service was forced to admit that it was all a mistake – but it is still unclear how the blunder happened.

The 99-year-old, from Bognor Regis in Sussex, was sent a letter from Fareham Community Hospital in Hampshire.

The document – which accurately stated that Mrs Ayling was born in 1915 – claimed that she was booked in for an antenatal consultation.

After her 76-year-old son Brian contacted the hospital, they apologised for the error.

– Dailymail