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Maurice Fitzmaurice

Mid Ulster Hospital: Trust fined after man died after choking on Christmas dinner sprout

A Northern Ireland health trust has been fined over the death a patient who choked on a brussels sprout while eating his Christmas dinner.

The move came after a joint investigation by the Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland and the PSNI into the death of a patient at Mid Ulster Hospital in 2014.

As a result, the Northern Health and Social Care Trust was fined £10,000 at Coleraine Crown Court after pleading guilty to a single health and safety offence.

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