A woman who worked as a senior hospital manager, magistrate and school governor lost her life to a rare condition after colleagues noticed her coughing. Anne Doran was an active person, going to the gym and on long walks.
But life changed suddenly when she was diagnosed with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis (IPF). It is a disease that affects just 50 in every 100,000 people.
Sadly there is no cure. Those diagnosed with it, like Anne, from Wigan, are eventually left bedbound and struggling to breathe.
