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Mr D’s D s StoryDischarge home described as a shambles:• Daughter arrived to find her fatherin adistressed state behind curtains.• In pain, desperate to go to the toilet.• Buzzer out <strong>of</strong> reach.• Drip bag disconnected and fallen with fluid all over the floor.• Ambulance did not arrive until 2.30pm. Familytook father home.• Not enough pain killers were provided.• Family spent weekend trying to get painkillersprescribed.• Father died 3 days later.‘Family felt they were deprived <strong>of</strong> spending

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