15 h. ago My son Antonio, 15, died with blood on his sheets and no privacy – NHS doctors failed him again and again

ANTONIO Galisi-Swallow was just 15 when he died in full view of strangers on a crowded hospital ward, his bedsheets covered in blood. The teen, from Rotherham, had only just undergone major open-heart surgery - but within days, his mum and dad were forced to watch him pass away. Antonio, who had Down syndrome, autism...

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22 h. ago Doctors failed to tell dad he was terminally ill and said he was 'OK'

Syd Chapman thought he was going to get better and carried on working, instead of spending time with family

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27 h. ago GP let slip terminal diagnosis on phone after doctor told dad 'he would be ok'

William Chapman, 58, only discovered he had pulmonary fibrosis when his GP, who had assumed Mr Chapman was already aware of his prognosis, mentioned it in a phone call

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28 h. ago Dad, 58, discovered he was dying when his GP made a passing comment – after horrifying NHS failure

NHS doctors failed to tell a man he was terminally ill and robbed him of the final months with his family, an investigation found. Dad and grandad Syd Chapman died aged 58 in 2022 from the incurable lung disease pulmonary fibrosis. Hospital medics neglected to tell him he had the condition and gave him “unfounded...

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3 d. ago Terminally ill dad dies in heartbreaking pain after not being able to afford Dignitas

Terminally ill dad, Tim Wardle, who campaigned for the assisted dying bill not wanting anyone to face a painful death ended up endured a painful final day, his son told The Mirror

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3 w. ago Donald Trump threatens to sue BBC for $1 BILLION over doctored Panorama speech as he demands a 'full and fair retraction' of documentary and other 'false and defamatory' statements

President Trump has set a deadline of 5pm EST (10pm in the UK) this Friday to 'comply' with his demands.

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3 w. ago ‘Everyone said it was impossible’: disabled hikers find freedom through off

Using an all-terrain vehicle that’s essentially the Jeep of wheelchairs, a New York tour group helps disabled people get on the trailFormer firefighter Gina Kothe’s right foot was crushed in an aerial-ladder accident during a 2010 blaze in Kingston, New York.After months of false hope and a failed surgery, doctors decided her foot would have to be amputated. She fell into depression. “I had a slight addiction to painkillers,” she recalled. “I would shower every three or four days, and wear the same barbecue-stained T-shirt for two or three days in a row.” Continue reading...

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