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Liverpool Echo
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Aaliyah Rugg

Boy, 2, will 'always be remembered' after dying three weeks from diagnosis

A two-year-old boy will "always be remembered" after his died just three weeks after a devastating diagnosis.

Jacob Murphy was born 23-weeks premature and spent five months in hospital in 2017. But he had gone on to lead a "happy, healthy and normal life" until he was suddenly rushed to Whiston Hospital after developing a "slight cough".

Mum Chelsea, from St Helens, said her son's lungs had not developed properly after being born prematurely and he was soon diagnosed with the Adenovirus virus. Two-year-old Jacob "fought to the end" but lost his life in 2020, three weeks after the diagnosis.

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