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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Jane Kirby

‘Doctors said my dad would be ok after getting Covid. It turned out his illness was terminal’

Doctors failed to tell a father-of-seven he was terminally ill and instead told him he would be ok, an investigation has revealed.

William Chapman, known as Syd, only learned he had deadly pulmonary fibrosis when his GP, mistakenly believing he was already aware, mentioned his prognosis during a phone call.

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