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Settlement for wrong cancer diagnosis

A man who had his stomach removed after he was wrongly diagnosed with stomach cancer has accepted a six figure sum in an out of court settlement. The 68-year-old was admitted to hospital to have his stomach completely removed after an earlier biopsy had diagnosed him as having stomach cancer.

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