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NHS Trust sued over lost sperm samples

Six men are suing an NHS Trust for damages after their frozen sperm samples were destroyed. The men, all of whom have cancer, had had their sperm frozen over fears that their treatment might make them infertile. One of the men has since died. The sperm samples were destroyed when a freezer at the hospital broker down.

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