A BELOVED great-gran died within weeks of being told she had a collapsed lung and stage four cancer.
Marva Barra was a nurse for more than 20 years, working at North Manchester General Hospital and even delaying her retirement to help with the Covid-19 pandemic efforts.
She retired at 65 in February 2022, but was back in the hospital as a patient by September as she struggled with a persistent cough.
Hospital staff carried out an initial scan, but told Marva it was a simple case of asthma, her loved ones claim. Marva’s health deteriorated. In December 2022, the true horror of her condition was revealed following a second scan.
Marva, who lived in Blackley, was left in complete shock, according to her daughter, and had a stroke. That meant she could not receive cancer treatment. By the end of this January, she was dead.
Daughter Michelle Grace-Bloomfield said: “It started with her developing this cough in September. My mum never smoked, none of us ever thought anything of it.
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