Sam (Episode 9633)

Sam was the partner of Steff Mulvenney, a young woman who had developed breast cancer and who decided for forgo chemotherapy in favour of an alkaline diet and healthier lifestyle.

Steff had persuaded Sinead Tinker to follow her path in dealing with her own cervical cancer with the advantage that it would enable her not to have to lose the baby that she was expecting. Sinead saw many rays of hope in following this advice but ringing Steff one day for a shoulder to cry on, she was stunned to discover from Sam that her friend had been taken into Weatherfield General the previous day. When Sinead rushed there, she met the distraught Sam in person for the first time who told her that his girlfriend was unconscious and on a ventilator after collapsing suddenly. The cancer had spread and she might only have days to live.

Indeed the girl passed away a few days later and Sinead later discovered that the girl had also been an anti-vaccination proponent and had contracted mumps from her nephew, who wasn't given the MMR jab, further weakening her. Sinead realised that she had been following a disastrous path all along.