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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Grandad died after hospital medics failed to spot stroke symptoms

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A “fit and well” 81-year old died following “inadequate” care at an NHS hospital where doctors failed to spot he had suffered a stroke, a parliament watchdog has warned

David Harding, who had travelled to England from Australia, died after A&E doctors failed to act on information from paramedics and nurses and did not order a brain scan until it was too late.

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