A CANCER patient said he had £120 stolen from him when he was fighting for his life in intensive care with pneumonia. Simon Colbeck, 48, was bed bound, tied up to lots of machinery and finding it ...extremely hard to breathe... when the cash was nicked from his wallet.
SuppliedCancer patient Simon Colbeck had £120 stolen from his wallet while he was in an ICU bed with pneumonia '/ '
SuppliedHe called the experience ...extremely stressful' '/ '
SuppliedSimon's newly-wed wife Colette came to bring home his belongings when they realised the money was gone '/ ' The former facilities manager, of Halifax, West Yorkshire, had been in and out of hospital since being diagnosed with treatable but incurable blood cancer last year. He has been on the mend but caught pneumonia after getting the jab and was rushed into intensive care. But two days later they realised the money was missing from his wallet when his newly-wed wife Colette, 44, came to visit him and take home his belongings from the Royal Calderdale Hospital. Dad Simon told The Sun: ...It's extremely stressful. The last 12 months have been very mentally draining. I have had to take in a lot. ...How can someone steal money off someone who's on their last legs in a bed? It beggars belief.... The wallet with £120 was recorded by the hospital among his possessions when he arrived, meaning it has been confirmed that he definitely had it on him. He said it was put in an unlockable drawer behind his bed and that ...anyone could have gone into it.... But there is no CCTV to catch the culprit because of privacy reasons of it being in a personal health setting. Most read in The US Sun 'READY FOR WAR' China vows to 'fight to death' & masses tanks on beaches for Taiwan strike GUNNED DOWN LA Fitness patron 'shot dead while working out INSIDE gym' as cops swarm plaza BIG REVEAL? Kylie Jenner's baby daddy Travis Scott appears to drop 'hint' about son's name RIVER HORROR Update in tubing attack that left one teen dead & 4 injured as man is arrested LOOKS INCREDIBLE Kim shows off tiny waist & butt in a thong as she sends message to Kanye OH SHIRT! Today host Savannah Guthrie suffers embarrassing wardrobe malfunction on live TV Simon's condition was so bad when he went to hospital in June that medics had considered putting him in a coma. He said: ...I couldn't breathe. It was extremely hard to breathe. ...My right lung had stopped working. My body was only taking approximately 40 per cent oxygen.... The hospital conducted its own internal investigation but no one owned up and the money was not recovered. West Yorkshire Police then launched an investigation but identified no suspects. Simon said he was reimbursed by the hospital but insisted: ...That's not the point in my eyes. Read More on The Sun
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SuppliedSimon, pictured with daughter Elise, who shaved her head last year for Macmillan Cancer Support '/ '
