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Radio Leicester,7 mins

‘Thank you isn’t enough’

Jimmy Carpenter

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Phil Bainbridge can’t find the words to thank the NHS staff who saved his life, so he decided to get a tattoo in tribute to them. The 40-year-old, who contracted Covid-19, spent five-and-a-half weeks on ECMO at the Glenfield Hospital and nearly died twice. Hospital staff kept a diary which highlighted just how close he was to losing his life. Phil, his wife Jodie, and their consultant Dr Susan Dashey spoke to BBC Radio Leicester’s Jimmy Carpenter.

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