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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Lifestyle
Olive Loveridge-Greene

Brothers die of cancer on the same day in the same hospital

Jam Press

A pair of brothers died from cancer on the same day in the same hospital bed, just hours apart.

Francisco Antunes Sobrinho, 52, and younger brother, Eduardo Antunes da Silveira, 38, lost their lives on 19 August. The older brother was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May 2021. One month later, younger sibling Eduardo, was told he had liver cancer.

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