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Radio Leicester,6 mins

'My son definitely didn't think I was coming home'

Afternoons on BBC Radio Leicester

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'A super human effort to save my life', that's how one man from Rutland has described the staff at Leicester's Glenfield Hospital. Stephen Gannon was an extremely fit, long-distance cycling enthusiast and fell seriously ill with coronavirus, in fact at one point he didn't think he'd make it. Following hospitalisation, the 61-year-old was entered into clinical trials that put him on a path to recovery. Ady Dayman caught up with Stephen to find out more.

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