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Dad dies after 200 hours in A&E with 'ulcer' which turned out to be aggressive cancer

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A dad-of-two who spent around 200 hours in A&E has died after his 'stomach ulcer' turned out to be terminal cancer. Danny Johnston sadly passed away on February 17, just one month after he received the heartbreaking diagnosis, the Mirror reports.

The 47-year-old attended Countess of Chester Hospital on several occasions after suffering from symptoms including vomiting blood from August, 2022.

During this period, he was also rapidly losing weight, going from 13.5 stone to less than 10 stone. His grieving wife Charlene, from Hoole in Chester, said she was only told that Danny had cancer by an agency nurse in A&E after he fell ill following a scan on January 14.The 31-year-old said she was left shocked to hear that cancer was apparently listed on Danny's medical records back in November 2022 - but nobody had told the family.

To add to her devastation, Charlene couldn't tell Danny that he had cancer and had to wait for doctors to break the news to him the following day.She said: "He went in for a scan on January 14 and then as he was coming out he collapsed and at that point was really unwell.

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