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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Antony Thrower & Emily Johnson

Son traumatised after doctors 'mistakenly' tell him mum was about to die

A son claims he was “traumatised” after being accidentally warned by a hospital his mum was about to die.

Sheila Prime, 70, was admitted on Christmas Eve with a chest infection before being diagnosed with pneumonia.

On March 7, her son Tim received a call from Hull Royal Infirmary warning Sheila did not have long to live, and the hospital was preparing to stop treatment and feeding.

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