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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
National
Danny Rigg & Florence Freeman

Meet the doctor who can 'predict death' - and bedside test will help families say goodbye

A doctor has developed a model to predict when people will die and hopes to create a bedside test so that families can say a proper goodbye.

Dr Séamus Coyle, 53, from Liverpool, says he has developed a model to predict the time when lung cancer patients will die.

Dr Coyle, a consultant in palliative medicine at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, originally specialised in oncology - cancer care.

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