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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Ryan McDougall

Reasonable precautions at care home could have prevented choking death – inquiry

The fatal accident inquiry took place at Greenock Sheriff Court (Alamy/PA) -

A care home could have taken “reasonable precautions” to prevent the death of a man who choked on food, a fatal accident inquiry has concluded.

Robert McPaul, 70, died while in the care of Sir Gabriel Wood’s Mariners’ Home in Greenock, Inverclyde, on March 30, 2018 after he was given food unsuitable for his diet.

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