An inquest has heard how a mom allegedly “interrupted” medics attempting to save her daughter’s life after a heart attack.
Paloma Shemerani, from East Sussex, UK, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in December 2023, a type of cancer that has a survival rate of as high as 80 percent with traditional treatment methods, including chemotherapy.
Yet just seven months after her diagnosis, Paloma passed away. Sad reports claim that the 23-year-old had sought “alternative” treatments, with her siblings, Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani, of the belief that she was influenced by their “anti-vaxxer” mom, Kate.
Kate Shemirani was struck off as an NHS nurse in 2021 for promoting misinformation relating to the COVID-19 virus and its vaccines.
Kate then doubled down on her claims, achieving online notoriety after spreading further conspiracy theories on social media, including labelling the pandemic a hoax and suggesting that the vaccines were part of a plan to kill people.
Among her claims was the idea that chemotherapy is toxic and dangerous.
An ongoing inquest into her daughter Paloma’s death has now heard how Kate interrupted paramedics as they battled to save her life. Following her 2023 diagnosis, Paloma collapsed one day in July 2024 while at her mother’s home.
According to BBC News, responding paramedic Robin Bass said Kate “presented a challenge as she kept interrupting while the crews were carrying out care.”
He went on to tell the coroner that Kate had mentioned a mass on Pamola’s chest, but when Bass told colleagues it could be cancer, Kate said it wasn’t.
Instead, the mother claimed her daughter was choking on food.
Tragically, Paloma – a graduate of Cambridge University – died in hospital after suffering a heart attack caused by her tumour.
During the aforementioned inquest, Paloma’s twin brother Gabriel who asked if his mom had made paramedics’ job more difficult that night.
Bass replied: “I believe we had to be quite firm at some points… had to ask for quiet while administering care to your sister.”
It was also revealed that Kate had called a friend, instead of emergency services, when Paloma initially collapsed.
Gabriel asked another paramedic if the delay in calling for an ambulance affected her chance of survival.
“It’s difficult to say,” Karen Clarke, Secamb critical care paramedic, said. “You always recommend someone calling 999 straight away.”
Prior to her passing, Paloma herself denied having cancer, claiming that doctors were operating in an ‘absurd fantasy, with no proof.’
