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Amy Fenton & Nicole Wootton-Cane

Woman left fighting for life after flesh-eating disease tore through limbs

A young woman who was left fighting for her life after a flesh-eating disease destroyed her limbs and stomach has spoken of her recovery journey.

Medics told Emma Doherty's mum her daughter had just a a 0.02 per cent chance of survival after Emma was placed into a an induced coma after doctors discovered she had sepsis.

She remained in a coma for 39 days - with mum Marie advised on several occasions to turn off her life support, and told that Emma would have 'no quality of life' due to the condition, reports LancsLive.

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