British woman who died of cancer after refusing chemotherapy had ‘five coffee enemas a day’

A young British woman who tragically died from cancer was having 'five coffee enemas' per day instead of chemotherapy, her brothers have alleged.

Paloma Shemirani was just 23 when she passed away last year, despite doctors initially giving her an 80 percent chance of survival with the chemotherapy treatment offered for the non-Hodgkin lymphoma she had been diagnosed with.

However, she refused the conventional cancer treatment under the advice of her mother Kate Shemirani, a controversial conspiracy theorist, anti-vaccine activist and former NHS nurse, who lost her license after spreading Covid misinformation in 2020.

Paloma died at the Royal Sussex County Hospital last July after suffering a heart attack caused by a growing tumour, and was seen by osteopath Nick Gosset just days before her death.

Paloma Shemirani died at the age of 23 after she refused chemotherapy treatment for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani)

At the inquest this week, he said: "My understanding was this was an advanced disease process that she was no longer winning.

"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."

Speaking at the hearing in Maidstone, Paloma's brothers, Sebastian and Gabriel, continued to publicly blame their mother for her death, as she helped to foster a distrust in modern medicine.

“My sister has passed away as a direct consequence of my mum’s actions and beliefs and I don’t want anyone else to go through the same pain or loss that I have,” Gabriel told the BBC.

Gabriel Shemirani blames his mother for his sister's death (HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)

They also claimed that Kate encouraged Paloma to detoxify her body using a method known as coffee enemas, where coffee is injected into the rectum and colon, despite there being absolutely no scientific proof to suggest that this is helpful in any way.

Gabriel claimed at the inquest that Paloma was having 'five coffee enemas' a day under her mother's care.

Kate had been diagnosed with breast cancer in 2012 and managed to survive, despite her distrust of modern medicines, which only further inspired her beliefs. Covid was a turning point as she used her position as a nurse to share what has been described as 'distorted propaganda'.

In 2021, she claimed that 'no vaccine has ever been proven safe and no vaccine has ever been proven effective'.

Kate Shemirani at an anti-vaccine protest in 2021 (Martin Pope/Getty Images)

She also said she had seen 'no evidence' to suggest that the pandemic even existed.

Kate went on to describe healthcare workers who were administering the vaccines as 'Nazi war criminals', and made the inaccurate statement that the vaccines were spreading the deadly virus.

This clearly rubbed off on Paloma, as she described her diagnosis as 'an absurd fantasy, with no proof', before writing: "I do not want to undergo such a harsh treatment that could even kill me when there is a possibility this is not cancer."

The inquest continues.

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