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Royal Brompton loses fight to keep child heart unit

Reported by Independent on Thursday, 19 April 2012 (on April 19, 2012)

A London hospital has lost its legal bid to save a children’s heart unit after the Court of Appeal ruled that the national review recommending its closure was in fact lawful.

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