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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Richard Vernalls

Retired police officer’s hospital bed death was an ‘avoidable accident’

PA Media

The death of a retired police officer whose head became trapped between the rails and mattress of his hospital bed was an “avoidable accident”, a coroner has concluded.

Max Dingle, 83, died 15 minutes after he was found “entrapped” on a ward at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital on May 3 2020.

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