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Sarah Vesty

Diabetic Scots gran left fighting for life in coma after hospital failed to tell her of Type 2 diagnosis

A Scots gran was left fighting for life in a diabetic coma after hospital staff failed to tell her she had been diagnosed with the condition.

Shakela McDuff was admitted to the Glasgow Royal Infirmary on December 24 after she began suffering chest pains and breathlessness at home.

The 54-year-old was diagnosed with heart failure and kept in for three weeks while staff ran a host of tests - including multiple finger pricks.

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