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Staff concerns within the hospital led managers to commission several reviews - but none was made public. In 2020, the RCP was asked to assess the whole cardiology department, in which the TAVI team was operating, including two of the TAVI deaths.That report, completed in 2021, led to a second review conducted by consultants IQ4U, which recommended a third review of all 11 deaths, which was also conducted by the Royal College and completed in early 2024.

The BBC has been passed copies of all three inquiries. The patients' families only found out they had taken place when we contacted them.Also in 2021, seven cardiac consultants wrote they were "very concerned about the safety and transparency of the TAVI service" in a letter to the hospital's chief executive. It followed the deaths, in less than six months, of four of the 11 patients.Used instead of open-heart surgery, the TAVI procedure involves inserting a new valve via a catheter through a blood vessel, often in the groin. The catheter guides the new valve to the heart and replaces the damaged one.

The procedure, which typically lasts between one and two hours, is usually carried out under local anaesthetic and is mainly performed on older patients.Dorothy Readhead, from Driffield, went to Castle Hill to undergo a TAVI in summer 2020. The 87-year-old, an active member of her local church and a keen gardener, had been suffering bouts of breathlessness which doctors had blamed on a heart condition.

Deemed not suitable for open-heart surgery, Mrs Readhead was keen to take up the option of the less-invasive procedure. "She thought it would give her a [better] quality of life," says her daughter, Christine Rymer.

But the operation went wrong."The water was so high... it was pure fear - what would happen, what could happen and what can we do with the kids?

"Seeing it flooded and actually seeing inside brought a few tears to quite a few of us," he said.He estimated there was about £20,000 worth of damage to the building, which has been home to the cadets for many years.

The community has helped raise £13,000 to get the group back to their base, but there is still no indication of when they will be able to return.Until then, they are operating from a temporary home in the town centre.