When Tony Cut His Finger, We Took Him to Hospital for Stitches. How Could We Have Guessed What Would Happen Next... ; Goodhealth

Daily MailAugust 22, 2006

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ORTHOPAEDIC surgeon Simon Moyes, who put patients at risk by reusing surgical equipment, escaped punishment last month after it was claimed such practices are widespread in the NHS. Here we talk to the Clowes family, whose nine-yearold son Tony died after breathing apparatus was reused in a separate incident. Tony's father George, 49, who lives in Dagenham with his wife Carol and children Dion, 22, and Andrew, 13, explains why lessons must be learned.

AFTER reading about Simon Moyes in the newspaper, I was left feeling as though I'd been run over by a truck.

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When Tony Cut His Finger, We Took Him to Hospital for Stitches. How Could We Have Guessed What Would Happen Next... ; Goodhealth

July is always a difficult month for my family because it marks the end of another year without our son Tony. And to hear at the same time that the very practices that killed our son are still going on was shattering.

After Tony's death five years ago, we were promised that lessons would be learned, which, given this latest investigation, we find difficult to believe....

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