Patient Died After Op Was Cancelled

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A PATIENT died in a Derriford Hospital toilet after potentially life-saving heart surgery was cancelled for a second time, an inquest heard.

Shop manager Richard Thompson, aged 42, was awaiting a heart bypass when nursing staff discovered him collapsed on November 4 last year. The operation had initially been cancelled the previous October because preceding surgery had overrun, yesterday's inquest was told.

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Patient Died After Op Was Cancelled

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