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BBC News
30-07-2025
- Health
- BBC News
Woman dying of cancer sent to osteopath by her mum, inquest told
An osteopath who saw Paloma Shemirani shortly before her death has told her inquest he had "never seen anything like" her case in 43 years of 23, who had declined chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma, suffered a fatal heart attack caused by her tumour at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in July last day before, she visited Nick Gosset on the instructions of her mother Kate, a prominent online Covid conspiracy theorist who had been involved in her "treatment programme". Mr Gosset told the hearing in Maidstone that he felt "deeply aggrieved" he had been put in a professional position of trying to treat Paloma when there was clear advice from her GP to go to A&E. He told the hearing on Wednesday that Paloma, a Cambridge graduate who was originally from Uckfield, East Sussex, had come to him complaining about shortness of breath and that he could only offer her palliative treatment at that stage as she was "clearly very ill"."My understanding was this was an advanced disease process that she was no longer winning," he said."It was obvious to me I was not the right person to be treating her and I made it very clear there were more qualified agencies that would (help her)."She was very upset by that."Mr Gosset said that any referral to a GP was "refused" and all suggestions of going through "normal medical channels" were "dismissed". He explained he would have offered to treat her again in the vain hope of possibly persuading her to seek help elsewhere, adding he had been "horrified" to learn she had subsequently died. Also at the inquest was Linda Scotson who said she was qualified in hyperbaric oxygen said Paloma had not been sure she had cancer and was aiming to "improve her immediate quality of life", after which she had claimed to feel "better in herself".Asked by Kate Shemirani if she had seen others in Paloma's situation coming to her centre, Ms Scotson replied: "We have people with a whole variety of problems, such as ME, Long Covid, sprains and fractures. "It's amazing what a little extra oxygen can do for the body. You are lifting stress."Paloma's twin brother Gabriel asked her: "Did you explicitly tell her this will not treat her cancer?" Ms Scotson said: "She knew it wasn't treating her cancer in a direct way. I was treating her whole body and her wellbeing."When asked by Gabriel if she had left it "deliberately vague", she replied: "I never said I was treating her cancer and she wasn't certain that she had cancer."The inquest continues.
The Independent
30-07-2025
- Health
- The Independent
Osteopath treating woman who refused chemo advised medical help, inquest hears
An osteopath who treated a young woman who refused cancer treatment knew he 'was not the right person to be helping her' and was 'horrified' to hear of her death, an inquest heard. Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at Royal Sussex County Hospital on July 24 2024, after declining the treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Her mother, Kay 'Kate' Shemirani, who rose to prominence on social media while sharing Covid-19 conspiracy theories, was involved in her daughter's alternative 'treatment programme'. On Wednesday, osteopath Nick Gosset who saw Paloma on July 19 2024, the day that she collapsed and was taken to hospital by air ambulance, advised her to seek further medical support, the inquest at Kent and Medway Coroner's Court, in Maidstone, Kent heard. He said that when he inspected her he could feel lumps in her right shoulder going all the way up into her neck, which he identified as lymphoid mass and that he 'had never seen anything like it' in 43 years of practice. Mr Gosset told the court: 'It was obvious to me that I was not the right person to be helping her, normally you see a patient like that you would refer her (to a GP). 'Any referral was refused – when I suggested that the proper avenue of approach was through a normal medical channel she dismissed it. 'I felt I was presented with a young woman – and I'm not an expert in this, my field is biomechanics – a young lady who was in the last stages of a very difficult disease, and she had declined to engage with conventional treatment.' He added that he felt 'aggrieved' that he had been put in that professional position. 'I was left with no good choices and the only choice I felt I had at the time was to offer her the opportunity to return where I might be able to persuade her of the importance of seeking further medical support,' said Mr Gosset. Arunodaya Mohan, a consultant haematologist at Maidstone Hospital, told Paloma in 2023 that she had an 80% chance of recovery if she had chemotherapy, the inquest heard previously. Ms Shemirani told the court that she did not believe the osteopath had that conversation with her daughter, as they were 'very close' and Paloma did not tell her after the session. When asked how he felt when he was told of Paloma's death he said: 'I think I was horrified,' before clarifying that he was surprised by the rapidity but not by her death. 'I was well aware that she was extremely ill … I did not feel that she needed immediate medical support,' said Mr Gosset. Yesterday, Paloma's GP told the court that conditions were in place that if Paloma felt any change in her condition, including shortness of breath, she would seek conventional medical attention. Mr Gosset told the coroner that Ms Shemirani was exhibiting those symptoms on the day he saw her. He said: 'May I observe that in the evidence of the GP yesterday that there was a clear understanding made that should Paloma's situation deteriorate and that included any shortness of breath that there would be an immediate response to call the emergency services or present to A&E.' He added that 'she came to me with just such a change in situation' and told Ms Shemirani: 'I have to say that I am deeply aggrieved that you should put me in that professional position.' The inquest continues.
