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flag Sandra O'Hagan pushes for aortic dissection awareness after partner's misdiagnosis led to his death.

flag Sandra O'Hagan is advocating for greater awareness of aortic dissection after her partner, David Burgess, was misdiagnosed with gastritis at a Manchester hospital. flag David experienced severe abdominal pain and was sent home with Gaviscon, only to return and be diagnosed with the life-threatening condition. flag Despite surgery, he died on May 10. flag Sandra believes David’s survival chances would have been better with an accurate initial diagnosis and is considering legal action against the hospital. flag The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust reports that 10 lives per week could be saved with correct diagnosis.

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