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£4.5mn in compensation for hospital delay victim

A woman who was left brain damaged after a delay in treatment has been awarded £4.5mn in compensation. She collapsed at home and was taken to hospital but delays in diagnosis and hospital transfers led her condition to deteriorate. She was left partially paralysed with eyesight problems and dependent on others for care.

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