A WOMAN died as a result of asbestos exposure while working for the Post Office, an inquest heard.
Susan Bell, 66, died at the Rowans Hospice in Portsmouth on July 13 from an asbestos-related illness, after working during the 1960s and 1970s for the General Post Office.
In a claim made to the High Court before her death, Mrs Bell, of Ironmill Lane, Titchfield, said is a statement that she had been exposed to asbestos while working with telecommunication engineers, who had to remove asbestos casing to access cables.
Senior coroner for central Hampshire Graham Short recorded a verdict of death from industrial disease.
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