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NHS apologises for sending wrong body for family cremation

Health board launches investigation after family forced to hold second funeral service after hospital in Cwmbran, south Wales, told them of its mistake

An investigation has been launched after a family cremated the wrong body due to a mix-up at a hospital in Wales.

An NHS board has apologised over the incident in which relatives held a funeral service after being given the body of a different person, who is not believed to have any surviving family members.

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