Tory MP Reveals How He Lost His Hands And Feet To Sepsis

Craig Mackinlay speaking to the BBC about his ordeal.

A Tory MP has told how his hands and feet were amputated after he contracted sepsis.

Craig Mackinlay said he was put into an induced coma and given just a 5% chance of survival following his diagnosis in September last year.

The South Thanet MP, who will return to parliament today for the first time since falling ill, told the BBC he regained consciousness to discover his limbs were completely black.

“You could almost knock them,” he said.