stroke last year but seemed to be making good progress until a feeding tube was mistakenly inserted in her lung instead of into the stomach.Former soldier Edward, 88, said he understood anyone could make a mistake and was prepared to let things go until he learned the full extent of the blunder in a report.He said: “It was horrific.”His anger was compounded when, months later, he read in the Record that a man had died after a similar blunder in another of NHS Ayrshire & Arran’s hospitals.Father-of-10 Edward said Helen was taken into Crosshouse Hospital, Kilmarnock, on April 21 last year after a stroke.While she was unable to speak and her ability to swallow had been affected by the stroke, she had started showing signs of recovery and was.
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