An anti-vax conspiracy theorist accused of persuading her cancer-stricken daughter to reject conventional medicine interrupted paramedics who were trying to give her emergency care as she lay dying, an inquest heard.
Cambridge graduate Paloma Shemirani, 23, died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital in July last year after declining assistance for non-Hodgkin lymphoma which doctors say was treatable.
Her mother, Kay ‘Kate’ Shemirani – who attracted a large social media following after sharing Covid-19 conspiracy theories – claimed at the inquest that the real responsibility for her daughter’s death lies with medical staff who ‘administered drugs without her consent’ and was given an ‘overdose’ by the 999 crew who attended her.
However, the first paramedic on the scene told the inquest at Kent and Medway Coroner’s Court Mrs Shemirani ‘presented a challenge’ to the ambulance crew who were trying to save Paloma’s life.
Robin Bass, of the South-East Coast Ambulance Service, said: ‘The patient’s mother presented a challenge.
