A young woman has called for urgent improvements to cancer diagnoses in her part of Wales following the tragic death of her father. Sara Mair Sauro's father Derrick Williams was diagnosed with stage four cancer a day after going to A&E in severe pain - and died just nine days later.
Derrick first contacted his doctor in December last year after suffering with a chest complaint and weight loss. But Sara said it took two months for him to get a face-to-face appointment, and he was given an asthma pump, laxatives and steroid medicine.
It wasn’t until March this year that he was referred for tests following requests from his family, who clearly knew something wasn’t right. To get the latest Carmarthenshire stories sent directly to you for free, click here.
