Liam, who had been battling leukaemia, made the decision not to have any more medication on March 21 as he didn’t want to add to the strain on the NHS.
A DJ who lost his battle with leukaemia after testing positive forLiam Downing, 30, heard he had contracted Covid-19 just days after being admitted to hospital with a suspected infection on March 16. Doctors then said there was nothing more they could do to cure his cancer, which he had been fighting for two years.
He then made the decision not to have any more medication on March 21, as he didn’t want to add to the strain on the NHS, Liam’s family said. He told doctors he wanted to save the NHS money so they could go and ‘save someone else’s life’ with it.He didn’t want to ‘waste’ NHS money, and told medics to ‘save someone else’s life’ with it
Liam’s sister Laura had hoped he’d have several months left, as he’d created a bucket list of activities to complete. Among them was buying a day rider on the bus in Leeds, his hometown, as he had never caught the bus.She described how he despite his pain and coronavirus symptoms, Liam had kept his ‘big booming smile’ until the end of his life.Paying tribute to her brother, Laura said: ‘I’m so unbelievably proud of you Liam! You fought so long and hard but now’s your time to relax.
Any remaining money will go towards a night away for her parents and donations to the hospital which treated her brother’s leukaemia.
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