A woman with leukaemia at the centre of a campaign to allow her donor Nigerian sister to come to the UK has died.
Martha Williams, 26, travelled to the UK to donate stem cells to 24-year-old May Brown.

The Home Office reversed a decision not to issue Ms Williams a visa after more than 60,000 signed an online petition.

The transplant was deemed a success in March. But the African Caribbean Leukaemia Trust (ACLT) said Mrs Brown died on Friday following a relapse.

It added she passed away “surrounded by her loved ones”.

The operation was postponed from December to January after Mrs Brown, from Weymouth, became unwell with a virus and required further chemotherapy, ACLT said.

However, ACLT co-founder Beverley De-Gale said Mrs Brown relapsed in April.

“The leukaemia came back and it came back very aggressively.

“The doctors tried again to get May back into remission but sadly the leukaemia was too strong.”

She added she felt the delay in Ms Williams getting a visa may have contributed to Mrs Brown’s death.

“You never know with any cancer what way it’s going to go but any delay is never going to help the situation.

“I sadly have to say that could be a possibility but I am not a medical expert.”



Mrs Brown was diagnosed with leukaemia in July 2015.

She had been told her only chance of survival was an urgent stem-cell transplant.

Her sister Martha was a “10 out of 10” tissue match.

ACLT said Ms Williams was initially refused a UK visa because her teacher’s salary of £222 per month was too low.
Mrs Brown is survived by her husband Mike and two-year-old daughter Selina-May.



Paying tribute to his wife, Mr Brown said: “May will forever be remembered in our hearts.



“She was a strong, beautiful, supportive, wonderful wife and mother. Selina and I will truly miss her.”

In a statement, the Home Office said Ms Williams’ visa was issued on compassionate grounds on 21 October.

A spokesman said the visa was initially refused on 5 October because she did not meet the requirements of the immigration rules.

http://www.lailasblog.com/2017/07/nigerian-lady-leukaemia-dies-uk-sister-came.html

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and a vegetarian was given express visa

Sorrowful

Rip





They will now grant her visa to come and carry her corpse

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Please who knows how to post with link on nairaland without getting banned

Sad

yungfeezyy:
Please who knows how to post with link on nairaland without getting banned

no iota of sympathy from you...all u can think of is to be spamming threads with how to post one mumu link on nairaland

Caustics:
Thank God we dont die of cancer here in Nigeria.

ignorance is a disease ....get well soon

Sad

sadddddd

Theresa May sef

Thank God we dont die of cancer here in Nigeria.

If only our past leaders did what they were suppose to do, issues like this won't be a problem here in Nigeria.

so sad....RIP

RIP
This trend reminds me of our Goalkeeper,i pray he wil survive leukaemia in Jesus Name

Buhari will surely be punished for this.

oh!

OgaBuhari:
Buhari will surely be punished for this.

it is your generation that will be punished for it

isn't that wickedness?

*SOBS*

IneedSugarMumy1:
Rip




They will now grant her visa to come and carry her corpse

Even with your funny moniker you can still make sense.

The UK is in immigrational war with Nigeria.
Y'all just don't know yet.

Even studying in UK now doesn't get you anything.
It's like "Eh come and give us your money if you like, but get out when you are done".

They are tired of taking in people that have hitherto refused to better their own country and purge corruption from their midst.
WE SHOULDN'T NEED TO GO TO FREAKING UK FOR ANYTHING!!! We can be better, and we must be for the sake of our children!
See my suggestion for Nigeria here:
https://www.nairaland.com/3932198/tabula-rasa-all-nigerian-politicians#3932198.1

Meanwhile our politicians will never encounter such visa obstacles if they want to go abroad for ordinary headache treatment.

Hotshawarma:
Sad no iota of sympathy from you...all u can think of is to be spamming threads with how to post one mumu link on nairaland ignorance is a disease ....get well soon

Are you okay?

So unfortunate

so sad

Sensational and speculative.

God help you

RIP

IneedSugarMumy1:
Rip





They will now grant her visa to come and carry her corpse

Read before commenting. She was granted visa.

Caustics:
it is your generation that will be punished for it

Sharap afonja/Arewa