SCREENING FOR ABDOMINAL AORTIC ANEURYSM

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That this House notes that rupture of previously undiagnosed abdominal aortic aneurysm has a 95 per cent. fatality rate; that this type of aneurysm kills about 6,000 men each year; notes the results of studies showing a national screening programme for men could save several thousand lives at a reasonable cost; and calls on the Government to introduce a screening programme for older men.