Ombudsman rules routine surgery death was avoidable

By Shaun Lintern2019-02-26T05:29:00

A catalogue of errors by staff at East Lancashire Hospitals Trust led to the avoidable death of a pensioner following a routine operation, the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman has found.

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