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Grandad says he'll die from 'ticking cancer timebomb' as life-saving op delayed by Covid

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A grandfather-of-11 says he is living with a 'ticking timebomb' after his life-saving cancer operation has been postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Martin Wood, from Dudley, needs to have a cancerous right kidney removed if he is to win his battle with the disease and a date was penned in for September.

But following his diagnosis in April at the start of the first UK lockdown he has been a dealt a second blow with the news that his operation has been delayed due to the second Covid-19 wave.

The 62-year-old, who has stage three cancer, was due to receive the specialist procedure at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

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