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Doctor, 30, dies from rare illness after complaining of bad headaches... he left his young son two heartbreaking gifts before his death
direct to your inboxA doctor who died from a rare brain tumour wrote two children's books for his three-year-old son as a final heartbreaking gift.Paediatrician Aria Nikjooy, from Manchester, was just 27 when he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumour in November 2018.Despite having the tumour removed, the cancer returned several times before spreading to his spine.He died on February 8 this year, aged just 30.While undergoing chemotherapy in 2019, he wrote a book called Eddie and the Magic Healing Stone to explain illness in parents to his toddler son, Eliyas, now three.The book was published last September and Aria was able to read it aloud to Eliyas - a bittersweet moment for him and his GP registrar wife Naomi, 33.He has another
