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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Father ‘given 12 hours left to live’ after contracting hepatitis B in freak accident

David Surtees

A healthy man says he was given 12 hours to live after contracting hepatitis B through an infected nail.

David Surtees was working a typical day delivering pallets of fruit and vegetables to schools in York when he scratched his hand on a nail.

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