In December 2023, Paloma Shemirani, from East Sussex, UK, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma, a type of cancer that has a survival rate of 80 percent with chemotherapy.
However, tragically, just seven months after medics broke the news, Paloma died.
It is believed the 23-year-old ‘anti-vaxxer’ had sought ‘alternative’ treatment, which her siblings, Gabriel and Sebastian Shemirani, believe was inspired by their mom, Kate Shemirani.
Kate was struck off as an NHS nurse in 2021 for promoting misinformation about Coronavirus and vaccines.
She then became a prominent figure in spouting conspiracy theories on social media, which included calling the pandemic a hoax, that Covid-19 vaccines were a plan to kill people and branding chemo as toxic and dangerous.
The young woman tragically died after suffering a cardiac arrest (Paloma Shemirani/Facebook)
Now, an inquest into Paloma’s death has heard how the mom-of-three allegedly caused a disruption to paramedics as they tried to save the young woman’s life.
When she collapsed in her mom’s home in July 2024, paramedic Robin Bass said Kate ‘presented a challenge as she kept interrupting while the crews were carrying out care,’ reports BBC News.
The medic told the coroner that Kate had mentioned a mass on Paloma’s chest, but when he passed on the information to colleagues that it could be cancer, the mom reportedly denied it.
Kate then said she believed her daughter was choking on food, the inquest heard. Her daughter later died in hospital after suffering a heart attack caused by a tumor.
Doctor Peter Anderson, who had attended to the sick woman when she arrived in the hospital, also confirmed to the inquest that Paloma appeared to have a large mass in her neck and her chest which was compressing her airways and blood vessels, stating he believes this likely caused her cardiac arrest.
The inquest heard how the mom may have disrupted paramedics (Hollie Adams/Getty Images)
During the inquest, it was her twin brother Gabriel who asked if his mom had made paramedics’ job more difficult that night.
The paramedic replied: “I believe we had to be quite firm at some points… had to ask for quiet while administering care to your sister.”
The coroner also revealed Kate had called a friend, instead of emergency services, when Paloma collapsed.
Gabriel then asked another paramedic if the delay in calling for an ambulance affected her chance of survival.
“It’s difficult to say,” Karen Clarke, Secamb critical care paramedic, said. “You always recommend someone calling 999 straight away.”
Prior to her death, the University of Cambridge graduate had claimed her human rights had been violated by NHS staff, even going so far as to compare their practices to those of the Nazis during the Second World War.
Paloma also denied having cancer and slammed doctors for what she believed was an ‘absurd fantasy, with no proof.’
Gabriel blames his mom for his sister’s death (HENRY NICHOLLS/AFP via Getty Images)
“I do not want to undergo such a harsh treatment that could even kill me when there is a possibility this is not cancer,” she had said, instead opting for alternative treatments like a strict plant-based diet, juices, supplements and coffee enemas.
There is no scientific evidence that this regime, known as Gerson therapy, helps treat cancer.
Like Paloma’s brothers, a safeguarding report highlights concerns over Paloma’s refusal of cancer treatment and the ‘possible influence’ of Kate.
The pair say their childhood was filled with wild theories from their mom, such as the British Royal Family being lizards, the Sandy Hook school shooting being staged, and 9/11 being an ‘inside job’.
Meanwhile, Kate blames the NHS and ‘medical interventions given without confirmed diagnosis or lawful consent’ as being behind her daughter’s death.
Featured Image Credit: Paloma Shemirani/Facebook
