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Hospital Failures Contributed to Joan Branson’s Death

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Hospital Failures Contributed to Joan Branson’s Death

A coroner found that failures in clot prevention at The Lister Hospital probably contributed to Lady Joan Branson’s fatal pulmonary embolism. The evidence pointed to a breakdown across several stages of her care, not one doctor’s decision.

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