stepdaughter has said.David Donoghue, who retired to Phuket 15 years ago, will join a mass cremation at the hospital on Wednesday if the issue cannot be rectified.Gemma Swift, his stepdaughter, says she is "pleading" with embassy staff in the country to resolve a "purely administrative issue".The Foreign Office said staff were trying to obtain the correct paperwork.The 75-year-old, who lived in Bury in Greater Manchester before emigrating, suffered from the lung disease COPD.He was taken to the Thai hospital by ambulance but had an expired passport with him.
Ms Swift said he died in hospital on February 15, and the paperwork from the British embassy needed to secure the release of his body to the funeral director showed the number of his.
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