A SEVERLY disabled man was left so “cold and dirty” after his boiler broke down he considered admitting himself to hospital in a bid to keep warm at night.

Patrick Germon, of Eastfield Road, says he feels Aster Group has not done enough to help him after his boiler stopped working on Saturday, February 11.

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