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Then, on 28 October, Ms Hoskins states she "came into contact with chocolate which had been placed in a staff-only storage cupboard and suffered a life-threatening anaphylactic shock".

An Australian man is also in a life-threatening condition after being swept out to sea, and was airlifted to hospital with serious head injuries.

The officers sustained life-threatening injuries on Saturday including burns, scalds and stab wounds in the attack at HMP Frankland in County Durham, the Prison Officers' Association said.

McCall added she wanted to challenge the assumption many people have that benign brain tumours are not life-threatening, as they can still be.

Amniotic fluid embolism is an extremely rare but life-threatening complication that has stumped healthcare providers because there aren’t any preceding risk factors, making it impossible to prevent, according to the National Organization for Rare Disorders.