A man was found dead three days after being turned away by his GP and threatened with being taken off their books.
Raymond Scougall, aged 40, had wanted to see a doctor on December 23 as he was in a great deal of pain from a hernia he suffered as a result of a stabbing several years before.
But instead of being seen, he was turned away from the Glasgow surgery, and on St Stephen's Day he was found dead on his bedroom floor by his brother, Gary, reports the Daily Record.