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An 80-year-old widow has received an apology from a hospital after her foot became infested with maggots during her stay. Linda Nelson, 80, of Milburn Road, Gillingham, was admitted to Medway Maritime Hospital on July 29 with kidney failure, ulcerated feet, and other symptoms. She did not have maggots in her wound when she entered the hospital but seven days into her stay a nurse discovered Linda had fly larvae in her foot. The discovery was made on the afternoon of Sunday, August 4 but it was left untreated until the following day. Now home from hospital after a seven-week stay, Linda and her…

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