Bungling medics said wife’s cancer was STI – now our boys are left with no mum

AN NHS nurse manager died of cancer after bungling medics dismissed symptoms as an STI or side-effects of the Covid vaccine.

Katie Pritchard, 37, was misdiagnosed twice after finding a lump.

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The mum of two was told her symptoms may have been down to the Pfizer jab — and it was even suggested that she could have a sexually transmitted infection.

Katie, of Tysoe, Warwicks, was finally diagnosed with cervical cancer in January 2022 and began treatment that April.

But the cancer spread and in December she was given months to live.

She had crowdfunded £200,000 for private treatment but the drugs company pulled out the day before it was due to start.

Katie died in June.

Teacher husband Tom Cronin, 35, said: “The space she has left is ­irreplaceable.”

Describing her cancer battle, Katie previously said: “I will continue on it for as long as my body can tolerate it or as long as I live.

“I want to tell people how important it is to live your life and to go on lots of adventures.

“Turn off Netflix and go outside and enjoy yourself. You need to live for now and not for the future.”