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Inquiry into finger operation death opens

Seeded on Mon Nov 23, 2009 12:33 PM EST
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A man died during a routine operation on his pinkie finger, a fatal accident inquiry has heard.

Gordon Ewing, 44, from Cambuslang, suffered a cardiac arrest while being treated at the Victoria Infirmary in Glasgow in May 2006.

A pathologist told the hearing at Glasgow Sheriff Court the death was "intrinsically linked" to lung puncture which happened during his operation.

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