http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7178416.stm

A Ghanaian woman who came to the UK five years ago and became a student is being flown back to the African country, despite being terminally ill.

Ama Sumani was taken by immigration officers from a Cardiff hospital where she has been receiving dialysis for a year after cancer damaged her kidneys.

Ms Sumani, 39, whose visa has expired, said she cannot afford care in Ghana.

Her solicitor said they had pleaded compassionate grounds. The Home Office said it examined each case "with care".

Before leaving, she had been comforted by a nurse in a day-room at the University Hospital of Wales.

The immigration service arrived at 0800 GMT.

Ms Sumani was tearful but calm when she left hospital in a wheelchair with five immigration officials, one carrying her suitcase, and she was driven away.

She left on a flight from Heathrow to Ghana at 1435 GMT.

The cancer she is suffering from - malignant myeloma - would ordinarily be treated with a bone marrow transplant, but she was not entitled to the treatment.

The dialysis treatment she has been receiving is helping to prolong her life and her last treatment was on Tuesday evening.





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What do you think?

I think bollocks to her. NHS is a National Health Service, not an International one. She would have more than likely developed cancer even if she didnt come to the UK anyway.

Another Parasite sucking up the money put into the system.

Otherside of the coin, she could have came here HIV positive, go on the game & easily infect 20-30+ people.. putting another drain on our system.

Unfortunately there isnt enough money to do our people, and shes never put in. Sad but...