She dedicated her life to ensuring no other parent would endure her pain 💔
A brave mother died as a result of rare complications following essential surgery 15 years after her daughter was savagely murdered in a Bacup park.
Barely two weeks later on August 24, Sylvia faced the heartbreaking decision to end her life support after doctors said the youngster had no chance of survival. Sophie died 20 minutes later.Despite the horror of losing her daughter, Sylvia went on to launch a prolific campaign on issues raised by the attack, setting up the Sophie Lancaster Foundation and being hugely active in projects linked to education, police forces, the law, prisons, conferences, arts, music, radio and TV.
The court heard how the mum, who had been living in Rochdale, and was described doctors as ‘lovely’ and ‘always smiling,’ had suffered from peripheral vascular disease and diabetes, and had had to have her right leg amputated in 2018. She returned to hospital for further surgery in December last year, due to suffering gangrene in her left foot.
The hearing heard how she came in suffering only from shortness of breath and fatigue, and, being found to be anaemic, was given a blood transfusion and antibiotics, as well as oxygen due to low levels. Yet in an unexpected turn of events, Sylvia suddenly developed catastrophic bleeding, the court was told, sadly passing away just before 8am on April 12.
He added: “Sylvia Helen Lancaster died on 12 April, 2022, at Royal Blackburn Hospital from a known, rare complication of essential vascular surgery undertaken on December 18, 2021.” Turning to her grieving family, he added: “Please accept my sincerest condolences for your loss and thank you for coming today.”
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