Overview

• Kate Shemirani lodged a gross negligence manslaughter claim on July 31 at Kent and Medway Coroner’s Court, accusing paramedics of administering emergency drugs without her daughter’s consent during her July 2024 collapse.
• Dr Peter Anderson testified that the standard adult dose of adrenaline given to Paloma was appropriate after her oxygen saturation dropped to 35–36% before paramedics arrived.
• Coroner Catherine Wood is overseeing expert testimony on how health misinformation and maternal influence led Paloma to refuse chemotherapy and pursue unproven Gerson therapy.
• Paloma’s brothers have called for stricter regulation of medical misinformation and expanded coercive control laws to protect patients from undue influence.
• The inquest continues to examine issues of consent, professional accountability and the impact of alternative treatment advice on the rapid progression of non-Hodgkin lymphoma.