A British tourist has died in Athens a fter he suffered from a mystery pain in his side during dinnertime.

Alan Kirby, 67, suffered septic shock and was on a ventilator in the Greek capital. He died on Monday, his family confirmed. Alan had initially thought the pain in his side at dinner was from throwing his stepdaughter's children around in the sea in Zante .

When he woke up breathless he sough out medical advice and doctors advised he return to the UK for a biopsy on his mass in his lung, which they were concerned could be cancer. Before they could return home, Alan's health deteriorated and he was put on a ventilator - prohibiting him from taking a commercial flight back to he UK and he was airlifted to a private hospital in Athens.

His devastated family had been raising mone

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