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Fit granddad who beat cancer left needing '24 hour care' after hospital blunder

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taxi driver who beat cancer say a huge error made by doctors caused him to have a stroke. Doctors didn't remove an Inferior Vena Cava (IVC) filter from Philip Gregory's body, the Liverpool Echo reports.

An IVC filter is a temporary device used to reduce the risk of blood clots. It was fitted on April 30, 2019, ahead of the 63-year-old's life-saving cancer operation.

The filter should not have been kept inside grandad, Philip's body for no more than eight weeks. Despite the dad-of-two having two outpatient follow up appointments, the mistake was only noticed in January this year.

Philip now needs to inject himself with anti-blood clotting medication everyday. He'll need to carry out the unpleasant task for the rest of this life.

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