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Evening Standard
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Cormac Pearson

Tory MP Craig Mackinlay recovering after sepsis left him ‘lucky to be alive’

Conservative MP Craig Mackinlay said he is recovering and is “extremely lucky” to be alive after undergoing “extreme surgery” during a battle with sepsis.

The MP for South Thanet was taken to hospital in late September but is now on the “road to recovery”, he said in an update on his website on Tuesday.

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