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Whipps Cross: Man dies days before his wedding after multiple failings at London hospital

Multiple failings at Whipps Cross Hospital led to the ‘avoidable’ death of Andy Shewan (Stock image)

(Picture: PA Archive)

A man died days before his wedding after serious failings in care at a London hospital, an ombudsman has ruled.

The death of Andy Shewan, 75, was “avoidable” and he would have lived if not for “multiple failures of care” at Whipps Cross hospital, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman said.

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