Heartbreak as dad-of-seven collapses and dies while 'waiting for a diagnosis'

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The devastated family of a dad-of-seven who died after collapsing at home have spoken of their heartbreak. Ian Caunce had been trying to get a diagnosis for his breathing difficulties in the weeks leading up to his death on March 17.

The 52-year-old was at home with his family in Ince-in-Makerfield, near Wigan town centre, when he collapsed in the early hours of the morning. Join our WhatsApp Top Stories and Breaking News group by clicking this link The dad was revived by paramedics while being blue-lighted to hospital but had gone 45 minutes without oxygen - medics believing he had suffered at least 85 per cent brain damage.

Tragically, his loved ones made the heartbreaking decision to turn off his life support machine and watched from his bedside as he took his last breath.

His eldest son, Declan Lewis-Gaskell, says the family are now trying to come to terms with their monumental loss. “I sat down in hospital and watched the monitors tick away,” the 24-year-old told the Manchester Evening News. “I watched him take his last breath. “When I got that phone call saying I needed to go to hospital, I panicked, I wanted to be there by my mother’s side.