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Matt Bryan

Lanarkshire man had to be washed with buckets of water in garden during MND battle due to accessible housing crisis

A Lanarkshire widow has told of her frustrating fight for help during her late husband's battle with Motor Neurone Disease.

Marie Cartwright spent her last precious months with husband, Ian, washing him on their garden decking with buckets of water, while pleading with their local authority to get a wet room and essential adaptations installed.

Tragically, Ian died, aged 62, before any of these were put in place at his Uddingston home.

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