A mum from Wigan died from a rare disease after colleagues noticed her coughing at work. Anne Doran was fit and healthy, still going to the gym and enjoying long walks before she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF).
The disease, which affects just 50 in every 100,000 people and has no cure, left her struggling to breathe and bedbound. "Inspirational" Anne was diagnosed with IPF in 2014 aged 58 after her colleagues at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital noticed her coughing.
The former senior manager at Royal Liverpool Hospital, who worked as a magistrate and school governor despite battling the disease, passed away in August, 2020. Her family are campaigning to raise money for Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis charity.
