Image source, FacebookImage caption, Yvonne Ford died last June after she was scratched by a stray puppy in Morocco Published4 March 2026 The family of a grandmother who died from rabies have told an inquest they are determined her death will "not be without meaning". Yvonne Ford, 59, from Barnsley, died four months after she was scratched by a stray dog she startled under her sun lounger on a beach during a holiday in Morocco last February. An inquest in Sheffield has heard she was admitted to Barnsley Hospital after becoming ill in June, where her condition deteriorated before a psychiatrist recognised she might have rabies. In a statement read to the hearing, her daughter Robyn Thomson said they wanted to prevent another family "from enduring this trauma, loss and devastation". Thomson said it was vital the public were made aware that they must seek urgent medical advice if they were scratched or bitten by an animal abroad.
Published: March 4, 2026 5:57 pm
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