Nigel Plews dies aged 74
Tuesday, 21 October 2008
Nigel Plews, the former international umpire, has died aged 74, reports Cricinfo.
Plews had been battling kidney cancer after he was diagnosed with the illness in March 2007. It was too late to operate, however, and the option to have a life-prolonging drug called Sutent - which cost over £20,000 a year - was initially turned down by the Nottinghamshire Primary Care Trust.
As news spread of Plews' case - Darrell Hair was instrumental in raising funds and awareness - the trust reversed their decision.
"I wanted to live and the drug that they can give ... it doesn't cure you ... it just extends your life," Plews said in November 2007. "That was the sole purpose of going through with it. The people that follow me are more important. They should get it without having to go through what I did."
Plews had been battling kidney cancer after he was diagnosed with the illness in March 2007. It was too late to operate, however, and the option to have a life-prolonging drug called Sutent - which cost over £20,000 a year - was initially turned down by the Nottinghamshire Primary Care Trust.
As news spread of Plews' case - Darrell Hair was instrumental in raising funds and awareness - the trust reversed their decision.
"I wanted to live and the drug that they can give ... it doesn't cure you ... it just extends your life," Plews said in November 2007. "That was the sole purpose of going through with it. The people that follow me are more important. They should get it without having to go through what I did."