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Fire escape plunge victim sues NHS.(News)
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Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)
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May 13, 2005
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2005 Coventry Newpapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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Byline: By JAMES McCARTHY james.mccarthy@mrn.co.uk
A MAN who plunged 40ft from a hospital fire escape when he was a child has launched a compensation claim against the NHS.
Martyn Keown, who suffered brain damage, claims the hospital should have taken action to keep him off the land at Gulson Hospital in Coventry.
Mr Keown, ...
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