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image captionA hospital investigation found James Dingsdale had received appropriate care and assessment
A widower died after choking on a Brussel sprout while being fed by a healthcare assistant, an inquest heard.
Staff at Glan Clwyd Hospital, Denbighshire had tried to save James Dingsdale, but he died just before Christmas, last year.
Mr Dingsdale, from Penrhyn Bay, Conwy, had been admitted to the hospital on 12 December after a fall at his home.
Coroner John Gittins recorded an accidental death caused by hypoxia and a cardiac arrest while he was choking.
In a statement read out during the hearing at Denbighshire County Council in Ruthin, Mr Dingsdale s daughter Karen Evans said her father s friend had said he was having problems swallowing food around the time he was hospitalised.