An 18-year-old man with terminal cancer escaped from the hospital to eat a hamburger and died after eating it In 2019, Wendrik Santos da Silva from Brazil suffering from terminal intestinal cancer. Despite his condition, he left the hospital without authorization to fulfill a long-held craving for a hamburger. He reached a nearby restaurant but had no money, so he asked strangers for help to buy the meal. After eating the hamburger, his health suddenly worsened due to his already critical condition. Emergency services returned him to the hospital, where he died shortly afterward