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Doctors had diagnosed her with aplastic anaemia, also known as bone marrow failure, where the body stops producing enough blood cells.

In 2017, Guimaraes was forced to take 20 months of medical leave after he developed aplastic anemia after being exposed to toxic smoke and benzene on the job, according to the lawsuit.

Emilia, from Redditch, needs a bone marrow transplant after being diagnosed with aplastic anaemia in May.

Aplastic anaemia is a condition where the bone marrow and stem cells do not produce enough blood cells.

She explained that her main reason for agreeing to the retrospective after all those decades was that she had developed aplastic anemia a few years before, and that it had nearly killed her.