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Woman who was left paralysed after being attacked by her triplet

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A triplet who was left paralysed after an attack by her own sister is battling for her release from prison, but claims coronavirus is blocking her path to freedom. Louise Velloza was left in a wheelchair for life when her sister, Gillian pushed her out of a second-floor window in April 2013 during a furious … Read more

Michael Fatialofa’s walks unaided just TEN WEEKS after being ‘paralysed’ from serious neck injury

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‘You’re witnessing a miracle that even medical professionals can’t explain’: Michael Fatialofa’s wife revels after Worcester lock walks unaided just TEN WEEKS after being ‘paralysed’ from serious neck injury Michael Fatialofa suffered a serious neck injury when Worcester faced Saracens The injury occurred in January, when the 27-year-old had just come onto the field The forward … Read more

How the world was paralysed in 66 days: Over 153,000 reported infected as the EU goes into lockdown

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How the world was paralysed in 66 days: In two months, the killer virus has swept the world at devastating speed with more than 153,000 reported infected as the EU goes into lockdown with France shutting the Eiffel Tower and Spain closing its borders Countries across Europe went into lockdown yesterday in an attempt to … Read more

Woman, 24, was paralysed from the neck down hours after she woke with a sore neck

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A woman who woke up with a sore neck and was paralysed from the neck down just hours later has had treatment in Oman. Helen Fincham thought she had just slept awkwardly when she woke with an ache in August 2016, aged 21. By midday, she was struggling to breathe.   Later that afternoon, Miss Fincham … Read more

‘Life-changing’ operation that brings paralysed limbs back to life could banish pain of nerve damage

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A simple hour-long operation could be ‘life-changing’ for thousands of Britons left permanently disabled due to damaged nerves. The procedure can banish the crippling, constant pain which sufferers describe as being like lying on broken glass, scorched by a flame or stung by bees. The surgery repairs nerves or replaces them with transplanted ones but … Read more

Paralysed father, 50, who is ‘locked in his own body’ uses his eyes to spell ‘take me home’

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A father-of-three who has been left totally paralysed after developing locked-in syndrome has learnt to spell out words using his eyes. Darren Leith has been ‘buried alive’ ever since he suddenly suffered a brain-stem stroke on April 28 2017. The 50-year-old is able to think, see and feel but cannot eat, talk or move any … Read more

Shop worker, 24, claims a stroke left her paralysed after taking the Pill

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A shop worker claims she suffered a stroke that left her arm swinging ‘with a life of its own’ before she was left paralysed after taking the Pill.   Bobbie Jarvis, 24, was sent home from hospital in February after doctors told her she merely had a headache. But five days later, she had a stroke … Read more