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Evening Standard
Health
Ted Hennessey

Man says wife ‘needlessly suffered’ as hospital admits patient care failings

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The husband of a retired hairdresser who died after a hospital procedure said she “needlessly suffered,” as a report showed other patients also had problems with their care.

A review at Rotherham Hospital studied 68 cases from 2016 to 2021 where patients died or had problems within 30 days of an endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), a procedure used to find and treat liver and gallbladder issues.

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