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Woman dies after swallowing a pen years earlier - which went on to pierce her bowel

A woman who died after swallowing a pen hadn't intended to cause herself harm, an inquest into her death has heard.

Anita Gibbs was rushed to Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital in July last year after falling at her care home.

She spent the last months of her life as an inpatient but died when the pen pierced her bowel and she couldn't be saved, despite the effort of medics.

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