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Patients died after operations to remove objects left inside them were cancelled due to Covid

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A new report has revealed patients have died as a result of cancelled appointments to remove objects from their bodies that had been left inside them. Research looking at 23 coroners reports in England and Wales has found the deaths were largely preventable. 

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Source: The Telegraph, 27 July 2021

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