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Wales Online
Health
Mark Smith

Woman left in coma with burns to more than half her body after bonfire explodes

A professional golfer was left in a coma after suffering horrific burns to more than half of her body when a bonfire exploded. Aimee Sawyer, 28, received third-degree burns in the freak accident and needed to be airlifted to hospital.

Aimee had to be resuscitated on the flight and spent five weeks in a medically-induced coma. She was told she may never play golf again as her limbs also suffered burns.

But her "strong spirit" saw her make a miraculous recovery, and two years on from the incident she was reunited with some of the "heroic" medics who saved her life. Since the accident she has raised more than £5,000 for the Welsh Centre for Burns and Plastic Surgery at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.

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