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Craig Williams

Emotional hospital wedding for 'smiling couple' as groom battles bowel cancer

A newly wedded couple have thanked their “amazing” team of nurses, after they were able to have their special day at Inverclyde Royal Hospital.

David and Sandra Collins tied the knot during a ceremony at the IRH on May 5, organised by the staff at the Greenock site.

David, 55, from Port Glasgow, was admitted to the H South ward in March, for extensive surgery and bowel cancer treatment. After hearing the difficult news that he would require palliative care support moving forward, David decided to ask his partner of 16 years Sandra to marry him.

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