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阅读判断 第十二篇 Inquest told of hospital error A HOSPITAL error left a dying man on the wrong ward for two days as deep vein thrombosis(DVT) ravaged his body, an inquest heard.Stephen Melvin Newbold suffered massive brain damage when a blood clot formed in his veins.Now his families are considering legal action against York Hospital,saying that his death was“untimely and unnecessary”. Mr Newbold,a 52-year-old maintenance worker,went to York Hospital on November 3 complaining of a swollen right foot.He should have been sent to a surgical ward where he would have been treated with Fragmin,a drug which