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Hospital’s TAVI Deaths Spark Outrage Over Transparency Failures

6/5/2025

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Humberside Police are probing the tragic deaths of 11 patients following TAVI procedures at Castle Hill Hospital, where families were kept in the dark about complications. Alarmingly, the hospital's TAVI mortality rate soared to three times the UK average. Families were left shocked, discovering the errors only through media reports, raising serious questions about transparency and clinical practices in cardiology.

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Humberside Police are probing the tragic deaths of 11 patients following TAVI procedures at Castle Hill Hospital, where families were kept in the dark about complications. Alarmingly, the hospital's TAVI mortality rate soared to three times the UK average. Families were left shocked, discovering the errors only through media reports, raising serious questions about transparency and clinical practices in cardiology.