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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Jane Kirby

Doctors failed to tell father-of-seven he was terminally ill, probe finds

Doctors failed to tell a father-of-seven he was terminally ill and instead said he would be OK, an investigation has found.

William Chapman, known as Syd, only discovered he had deadly pulmonary fibrosis when his GP – who thought he already knew his prognosis – mentioned it during a phone call.

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