Shocking revelations are coming to light about the case of cancer patient Paloma Seimrani, the young British woman who died in 2024 at just 23 years old, after choosing to refuse chemotherapy for the non-Hodgkin lymphoma she suffered from and instead follow an “alternative” treatment involving five daily coffee enemas.
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According to the coroner’s report, Paloma Seimrani was “negatively influenced” by her mother, Kate Seimrani, known for spreading conspiracy theories, as reported by the New York Post. The diagnosis was made in 2023, with doctors emphasizing that the disease was “treatable” and that there was an 80% chance of recovery if she followed chemotherapy. Despite medical guidance, her mother – a former nurse and vaccine denier – convinced her to turn to the so-called Gerson therapy, a controversial detoxification method that includes a strict vegan diet, juices, supplements, and repeated coffee enemas, a practice to which she attributes her own recovery from breast cancer.
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“Irrational fantasy without evidence,” the 23-year-old called her diagnosis
According to the New York Post, coroner Katherine Wood noted that if the young woman had received substantial support to follow the conventional medical path, she “would probably have proceeded with chemotherapy.” Her mother had already been removed from the British Nursing Register in 2021, on the grounds that her views “posed a serious risk to public health.” Nevertheless, she played a decisive role in managing her daughter’s treatment – something Wood characterized as “incomprehensible, but not illegal.”
Shortly before dying from cardiac arrest attributed to the untreated tumor, Paloma wrote that she didn’t even believe in her diagnosis, which she characterized as an “irrational fantasy without evidence.” She also expressed fear that chemotherapy would make her sterile.
Her twin brother, Gabriel Seimrani, directly blamed their mother for Paloma’s death. “I believe she sacrificed Paloma’s life for her own principles,” he said, adding that he and their siblings felt “unsafe” around her.
In 2024, Gabriel had asked the High Court to examine whether his sister had the capacity to make independent medical decisions, arguing that their parents were pressuring her to reject chemotherapy. Paloma at the time insisted that her choice was based on the “natural medicine background” she possessed and that she was “satisfied” with the alternative treatments.
Kate Seimrani, for her part, argued in her defense: “Paloma made her own choices, based on her values and research. She was determined to heal on her own terms.”
