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A British lawmaker returned to the UK parliament for the first time since both his hands and feet were amputated after he contracted sepsis.

Craig Mackinlay returns to the UK parliament for the first time since both his hands and feet were amputated after he contracted sepsis. Image: BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFPCraig Mackinlay returns to the UK parliament for the first time since both his hands and feet were amputated after he contracted sepsis. Image: BENJAMIN CREMEL / AFPwas rushed to hospital in September last year and spent 16 days in an induced coma before undergoing a quadruple amputation in December.

Mackinlay’s wife Kati was told that her husband’s chances of emerging from the coma alive were just five percent.

 

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