Vera Looker is fighting back after the sudden death of her fit and healthy 21-year-old son
A mother is calling for all children to undergo heart scans after her son died from an undiagnosed heart defect. Vera Looker (left) said her son Michael was a fit, healthy, football-mad 21-year-old who had everything to live for. But his heart suddenly stopped one day. In a cruel twist of fate two of his cousins have also died suddenly from the same condition.
Now Mrs Looker is leading a campaign to get more people aware of Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS), a little-known phenomenon caused by a heart defect children are usually born with. Mrs Looker, 69, of The Dale, Widley, wants young people to receive a routine ECG heart scan before they leave school.
She said:
