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Harry Leach & Steven Smith

Nurse's wish after 'long Covid' turns out to be stage four lung cancer

A nurse is eager to make memories with her family after being diagnosed with stage four lunch cancer that doctors initially thought was long Covid. Victoria Puar now hopes to go to Disneyland with children Joseph and Lydia and husband Ben.

Victoria has been a nurse at Birmingham Children's Hospital for more than 20 years, working tirelessly through the pandemic like so many others in the NHS. It was during this time that Victoria caught Covid and was left with a lingering cough.

A colleague has claimed that it was thought to be long Covid, but it turned out to be advanced cancer, reports BirminghamLive. Tests have revealed that the nurse has stage for lung cancer, which has now spread to her pericardium.

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