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Reason Staff | 1.14.2009 5:47 AM

Martin Ryan starved to death over 26 days in a National Health Service hospital in England. Ryan was admitted after suffering a stroke. The stroke left him unable to swallow, and doctors ordered a feeding tube for him, but for some reason staff never put one in. No one seemed to notice he wasn't being fed until it was too late.

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