By Matthew Roscoe • Updated: 14 Oct 2022 • 10:12
BREAKING: Granada-born Dr Jesús Candel aka "Spiriman" dies aged 46. Image: Spiriman/Twitter
According to early reports, Spiriman died on Thursday, October 13 in the Andalucian town of Albolote, in Granada.
Spiriman’s funeral will be held on Saturday, October 15, at 11 am at the funeral parlour in Granada.
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Candel, who led the fight against the cuts in Andalucian healthcare, announced in August 2020 that he was suffering from very advanced lung cancer with metastasis, which led him to stay away from public appearances for some time.
Six months later, in February 2021, he announced that he had overcome the disease. However, in June this year, he said he suffered a relapse.
“The lung cancer I have been suffering from for more than a year is very aggressive and attacked me hard with multiple metastases all over my body, which I gradually overcame. Now it has come back with a vengeance and is spreading again,” he said at the time.
Tributes poured into Twitter following the news.
“Granada says goodbye to one of the people with the capacity and courage to mobilise an entire city to defend public health. DEP #spiriman”
Granada dice adiós a una de las personas con la capacidad y valentía de movilizar a toda una ciudad para defender la sanidad pública. DEP #spiriman pic.twitter.com/E06nJSQbiU — D A R I F É (@davidrivasfer) October 14, 2022
Granada dice adiós a una de las personas con la capacidad y valentía de movilizar a toda una ciudad para defender la sanidad pública. DEP #spiriman pic.twitter.com/E06nJSQbiU
— D A R I F É (@davidrivasfer) October 14, 2022
“Spiriman has passed away, and instead of putting a photo of him I will put a photo of what he achieved in my city on September 15, 2017 (he being from Granada). Since the murder of M. Blanco, not so many people have moved in Algeciras in defense of public health.”
Ha fallecido Spiriman, y en vez de poner una foto de él pondré una foto de lo que consiguió en mi ciudad el 15 de septiembre de 2017 (él siendo de Granada). Desde el asesinato de M. Blanco que no se movía tanta cantidad de gente en Algeciras en defensa de la sanidad pública. pic.twitter.com/5YhY6d3905 — Mask☆DeMarque (@maskdemarque) October 14, 2022
Ha fallecido Spiriman, y en vez de poner una foto de él pondré una foto de lo que consiguió en mi ciudad el 15 de septiembre de 2017 (él siendo de Granada). Desde el asesinato de M. Blanco que no se movía tanta cantidad de gente en Algeciras en defensa de la sanidad pública. pic.twitter.com/5YhY6d3905
— Mask☆DeMarque (@maskdemarque) October 14, 2022
In October 2020, social media giants Twitter suspended the account of the Granada-born doctor over his “controversial” words about cancer.
Twitter silenced and suspended Spiriman’s account after the doctor, who became known a few years ago for his fervent fight against cuts in the health services of Andalusia, and who also suffers from cancer himself, wrote: “He who wants to be cured of cancer is cured and he who does not, dies”.
Jesús Candel continued: “Attitude is the ally of the scientific evidence of very harsh treatments. I repeat: he who wants gets what he wants. It is my way of thinking. He who does not want does not get it.”
The comments made by the Granada-born doctor caused “Spiriman” to trend on the social media platform, however, he suffered a lot of backlash for his comments and his account was suspended.
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