19-05-2025
I lost my wife and son to ‘ticking time bomb' heart disease
A grieving husband has described his agony at losing both his wife and son to a 'ticking time bomb' heart condition within seven years.
Craig Murray, 59, said he felt 'robbed' after the deaths of his spouse, Linda, and their son Chris, both of whom had been diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a condition that is often inherited.
Chris Murray was 22 when he collapsed and died at work in 2017 after a cardiac arrest.
His mother was taken to hospital in May last year, where doctors tried to relieve fluid retention she was experiencing due to medication. Her condition deteriorated and she died on May 30.
Murray, from Glasgow, said the loss of his wife was made even harder by the fact that she
