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International News Archive - January 30, 2012

Statistics Show Increases in UK Bedsore, Infected Wound, Malnutrition Deaths

More than 27,000 people in the UK died in 2010 as a result of bedsores or infected wounds, and 1,000-plus reportedly succumbed as a result of dehydration or malnutrition, according to figures obtained from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).