Cancer patient deported from UK dies following journey home

A terminally ill woman who was deported from Britain while undergoing treatment for cancer has died, it was reported today.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2008 - 08:59

A terminally ill woman who was deported from Britain while undergoing treatment for cancer has died, it was reported today.

Mother-of-two Ama Sumani, 39, suffers from malignant myeloma and was receiving dialysis at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, when she was deported to Ghana last month because her UK visa had expired.

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