UK - Terminal lung cancer patient blows herself up while lighting a cigarette

A terminally-ill cancer patient who was a lifelong smoker died when she 'blew herself up' by lighting a cigarette while using an oxygen tank, an inquest heard.

Sharon Reid, 62, was receiving treatment for her terminal lung cancer at St Margaret's Hospice in Yeovil when the tragedy occurred on September 17 last year.

The medical officer at the hospice recalled how 'her body had been thrown backwards in the chair' and was 'badly charred'.

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AlwaysShocked said:

Wow, an employee of this "health care facility" who knew nothing of the dangers of smoking and oxygen use actually transported the woman and her oxygen tank to a smoking room within the facility!

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gitana1 said:

She was likely spared a worse death.

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