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The families of two elderly and vulnerable patients who died within weeks of being abruptly moved from a care home say they passed away sooner than they should have. Rita Bronger, 92, and Margaret Harcup, 91, had both spent years at Blackburn Lodge before their loved ones were told they would have to be moved somewhere else within two days. The shock decision to re-home 13 people was made after iron levels were found in the building’s water system in Broadway, Sheerness, in November. Rita, who grew up in Queenborough, had been at the care home since 2019 before she was moved to Tenterden, whil…

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