A woman who broke her arm said it was “like a miracle” that she was able to see her dying sister-in-law.

Margaret Mann, 85, was on her way to visit her sister-in-law, Judy, at Kings George Hospital.

Little did she expect that she would fall over at Upton Park Station, breaking her arm in two places.

At the same time, she received a call from a doctor saying that Judy was nearing the end of her life and now was the time to visit.

Kavya Pillai, a doctor who was on her way home after a night shift at King’s College Hospital, happened to pass by Ms Mann and helped her, while also getting her a cab to the hospital to be looked over before seeing her sister-in-law.

Ms Mann said: “I was in a lot of pain and as soon as I got there they x-rayed it and put my arm in a sling. It was broken in two places.

“Once it was supported I was able to go an see Judy on the ward. 

“The whole hospital team were so kind to her, they made her so comfortable and when I went to see her, she was so peaceful. She opened her eyes and looked at me and I asked if she was okay, she said yes. 

“I spent a long time with her and they called me later that day to say that she had died. Given everything that happened, it was like a miracle – especially that when I was in pain at the station a doctor came along.”

After seeing Judy, Ms Mann was referred to Queen’s Hospital where doctors looked more into her arm injuries and decided not to operate.

Nirooshi Nagarajah, a doctor at the hospital, said: "It was awful for Margaret to break her arm on her way to our hospital, so we wanted to do everything we could to make her comfortable so she could spend some precious time with Judy in the hours before she died.

"It’s lovely to hear how much it meant to her, and that her arm appears to now be on the mend.”