This is the heartwarming moment a Covid-19 survivor was welcomed home by friends and family after a prolonged battle in hospital. Jayesh Patel spent 69 days in hospital – 56 of them on a ventilator in an induced coma. For 19 days, an artificial lung machine oxygenated his blood to rest of his organs. His … Read more
An Australian woman who survived the White Island volcano eruption that killed her sister and father has recalled watching the skin melt from her fingers immediately after the explosion. Stephanie Browitt, 23, was touring the island with her 21-year-old sister Krystal and father, Paul, on December 9 along with 47 other tourists when the volcano … Read more
Prince Harry admitted he ‘knew personally’ how important it is to ‘share your grief’ during a chat with a Tunisia terror attack survivor – and says he ‘didn’t talk enough’ after Princess Diana’s death Owen Richards, now 21, from the West Midlands, recalled Prince Harry exchange Was 16 when his brother, uncle and grandfather were … Read more
Britain’s youngest Covid-19 survivor: Parents’ joy as three-months premature Emmanuel wins a 47-day fight with the virus before he was even due to be born Three-month-old Emmanuel Boateng is believed to be UK’s youngest survivor He spent nearly two months in hospital on a ventilator to help him breathe Emmanuel was born at just 27 weeks and taken to … Read more
Surgeons in Chicago have given a new set of lungs to a young woman with severe lung damage from the coronavirus. Only a few other COVID-19 survivors, in China and Europe, have received lung transplants. Doctors say the patient, a Hispanic woman in her 20s, was ‘pretty healthy’ before she caught coronavirus, although she’d been … Read more
Surfing legend Ross Clarke-Jones is suing Australian Survivor producers, a new report has claimed. According to The Sunday Herald Sun, the big wave surfer is taking legal action against Endemol Shine Australia, after he broke his ankle on the show during a rope challenge. The publication reports that the 53-year-old ‘is claiming damages, loss of past … Read more
An antibody first identified in a Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) survivor may stop the novel coronavirus in its tracks. The antibody, called S309, targets the ‘spike proteins’ found on the outside of the virus that are used to invade our cells. Lab tests showed S309 sticks to the proteins, effectively neutralizing them, according to researchers … Read more
If you’ve got it! Survivor: All-Stars beauty Felicity Egginton leaves little to the imagination as she flaunts her derrière in a backless floral swimsuit By Ali Daher For Daily Mail Australia Published: 08:56 BST, 3 May 2020 | Updated: 08:56 BST, 3 May 2020 She’s the former Survivor Australia star known for her enviable curves. And … Read more
Vicky Balch – who had her leg amputated after the horrific Alton Towers Smiler crash – has revealed she has now had to postpone her dream wedding. Vicky, 24, from Preston, Lancashire, was due to marry fiance Dino Manciocchi, 25, in Italy in September. However, she took to Instagram today to reveal that the nuptials had … Read more
An NHS worker left gasping for breath and in excruciating pain by coronavirus has told of her ordeal in a warning to those ignoring lockdown rules. Karen McCabe, from Edinburgh, said she first came down with symptoms while self-isolating with her children, and initially tried to battle the illness with paracetamol. But within days she … Read more