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Exclusive: Patient said she suffered nightmares following stay at under-fire NHS trust criticised by health watchdog over staff shortages

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A cancer patient recovering from major surgery has described how she was left in excruciating pain for hours on end after staff at an under-fire NHS hospital failed to give her appropriate pain relief.