"Ann Clwyd had expected that her gentle and genial husband, Owen Roberts, who suffered from multiple sclerosis, would be accorded care and kindness.
Instead, six weeks ago, he died, aged 73, of pneumonia he had contracted while at the University Hospital of Wales, in Cardiff, as she sat helpless at his side.
"I’m still angry, and the anger gets fiercer. I think at one point I felt I’d like to burn down the hospital."