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Over the past six years, some one million patients have suffered "neglectful, demeaning, painful and sometimes downright cruel treatment" in National Health Service hospitals, according to Britain's Patients Association. The report, which came after some 1,200 patients were found to have died from improper care at one health service trust, catalogs patients left in pain or in soiled bed clothes and denied adequate food and water. It details patients who suffered from incorrect diagnoses and canceled surgeries.
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