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Jacob Phillips

British tourist dies after holiday illness left him stuck in Thai hospital

A British tourist who was left stranded in a Thai hospital when he fell ill on holiday, has died weeks after he returned to the UK.

Dean Penson became unwell in November on the island of Phuket in the south of Thailand and had to have blood and platelet transfusions, with doctors fearing he had leukaemia.

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