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Shocked visitors and patients were able to see the body of the dead man propped up on pillows.

The corpse was left in the ward to allow a grieving relative to arrive at the hospital in Glasgow.

But Christine Martin spoke of her distress after seeing the dead body during a visit to her husband David at Stobhill Hospital.

Mrs Martin said the man died at about 11am and his body was not taken away until around 6.15pm.

She told BBC Radio Scotland that curtains were drawn around the dead body.

But she said they "were open sufficiently for me to see this man, whom we had got to know over a period of 10 days, lying dead, face uncovered, propped up on white pillows."

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde said it had said sorry to Mr Martin and his wife.

The dead man's family had asked that he remain in the ward until a relative could arrive. A spokeswoman said: "We have acknowledged to the Martins that, beyond this, there was some delay in the transfer of the patient to the mortuary and steps have already been taken to ensure that this does not happen again."

NHS GGC said a single room could not be found for the patient because of the greater need of other patients.