A policeman who has spent over a year in hospital after fighting for his life is hoping to continue his recovery at home with his family. The father-of-two has been left with left-side paralysis and some cognitive impairment as a result of the severe stroke.
Darren White, who worked on the frontline for Greater Manchester Police and was on the scene during the Manchester Arena bombing during his time as an officer, suffered an almost fatal intracranial bleed, causing a hemorrhagic stroke in September 2021. More than 17 months on from when he was admitted to hospital for emergency surgery, the 40-year-old now wants to come home to finish off his recovery.
On the day he was taken to hospital, Darren's wife Jo got a message from her daughter who had just got home from school - she had noticed something was wrong. Sounding slurred in a phone call to his wife, Jo asked a friend to check on Darren, who swiftly called 999 after paying him a visit, MEN reports.
