24 Hours in A&E viewers will want to give Joan a huge hug this week, as she recalls the tragic death of her daughter Lorna.
Episode 2 of the Channel 4 series (Monday, July 17, 2023) follows 87-year-old mum-of-two Joan, who is rushed to hospital after falling on a moving tram and hitting her head.
She arrives clutching a chain around her neck, as the locket contains a photo of her beloved late daughter Lorna. Doctors rush to help her, and stem the bleeding from a large open head wound.
We’re told: “Head injuries can be tricky. If someone loses a lot of blood, they will struggle to get blood flow to their head and other organs. If we don’t reverse that, unfortunately they’ll die.”
Joan rushed to Nottingham’s Queen’s Medical Centre with open head wound
Nottingham-born Joan reveals she was just about to sit down, when the tram began moving and she “went straight over”. With blood gushing from the open head wound, doctors rush to stop the blood flow and stitch her up.
Registrar Matthew reveals that “losing consciousness after a head injury is a red flag”. Luckily, Joan pulls through. But not before she shares the tragic story of her daughter.
In heartbreaking footage, Joan reveals that her second born child Lorna tragically died in a car accident when she was just 23 years old.
What happened to the daughter of Joan in 24 Hours in A&E?
Joan tells us that her “mother wasn’t loving”, which made her more determined to have children with husband Joe, and to be a good mum. She went on to have a son Alan and a daughter called Lorna.
Joan says: “I was 28 when Lorna was born. She was the sort of baby who hardly ever cried. She loved horse riding. Most of my weekends were spent ferrying her here, there and everywhere.
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