Twenty-five-year-old Samantha Kimene from Eire’s Tipperary died final weekend in Spain’s Tenerife weeks after collapsing at work, reported Individuals.com on Sunday, quoting the Irish Mirror.
The report added that Kimene had collapsed at work three weeks in the past and was taken to a hospital, the place she was recognized with leukaemia and COVID-19.
Her uncle Arturs Kimens, with whom she was residing on the time, mentioned that Kimene had begun therapy, nevertheless it was “too late.”
“She acquired the analysis too late. What occurred was, they have been simply attempting to do the therapy for her, and it was unsuccessful as a result of her physique could not take it,” he advised the Irish Mirror.
“She had COVID as properly and the virus, or no matter it was, unfold by way of her organs and simply… she handed away, sadly,” he added.
Arturs additionally acknowledged that Kimene’s mom – Inese, and he have been in Tenerife to make preparations to repatriate her to Eire.
Kimene has had an opportunity to satisfy a few of the pals his niece made in her new residence whereas they have been on the Spanish island of Tenerife.
“All of the individuals right here that I met, that she was working with, they’re in absolute devastation. They’re devastated that she’s gone, they’ll’t imagine it,” Arturs Kimens mentioned.
He added, “And he or she meant every part to me. I cherished her very a lot and I’m going to overlook her.”
GoFundMe fundraiser:
He even had arrange a GoFundMe fundraiser to help Kimene’s household. “Please assist us elevate the funds to carry [her] physique again to Eire, again residence for [the] funeral,” he wrote.
Till Saturday, the GoFundMe has raised greater than $25,000.
Paying tribute to Kimene, her employer, Paddy O’Kelly’s Irish bar in Tenerife, posted a photograph of the 25-year-old posing on a balcony in a black costume on Instagram.
They wrote, “It’s with a heavy coronary heart that our colleague and buddy, Sam, has sadly passed away. She was a valued a part of our group and will likely be deeply missed.”
“An attractive and type human with the most important smile,” the message continued. “We’re nonetheless in shock and heartbroken 💔. Please preserve her household in your ideas throughout this troublesome time.”
Paddy O’Kelly’s directed individuals to her uncle’s GoFundMe and likewise mentioned the pub can be organizing a fundraiser of its personal, added the Individuals.com.
In its tribute put up, the bar wrote, “Relaxation in Peace Sam. You can be drastically missed. Numerous love. Your Paddy O’Kellys household ☘️.”
