Wellwishers raise more than £8,000 to help care for mother-of-four, 55, left paralysed by Covid

Wellwishers have raised more than £8,000 to help care for a mum-of-four left paralysed from the eyes down after Covid-19 worked its way into her brain stem.  Ayesha Hussain, 55, was ‘fine and fit’ before being struck down with coronavirus in December, according to her daughter, Amina Bux, 30.  But within days of contracting the … Read more

Wellwishers raise more than £8,000 to help care for mother-of-four, 55, left paralysed by Covid

Wellwishers have raised more than £8,000 to help care for a mum-of-four left paralysed from the eyes down after Covid-19 worked its way into her brain stem.  Ayesha Hussain, 55, was ‘fine and fit’ before being struck down with coronavirus in December, according to her daughter, Amina Bux, 30.  But within days of contracting the … Read more

Mother-of-four, 55, is in a coma and paralysed from neck down after Covid

Mother-of-four, 55, is in a coma and paralysed from neck down after Covid affected her brain steam and left her unable to talk, move or listen Mother Ayesha Hussein from Cambridge was paralysed after getting Covid-19 Doctors doubt the 55-year-old will ever move, talk or breathe on her own again While she was in hospital her … Read more

Lawyer stranded in Costa Rica after ‘freak accident’ left her paralysed

A lawyer has been left stranded in Costa Rica after she tripped over and broke her spine in a ‘freak accident’, leaving her completely paralysed from the waist down.  Charlotte Florence, 36, from Hackney, London, has shockingly been unable to move or feel her legs since she fell on her back while walking to the beach … Read more

Builders convert house so paralysed widower, 58, with four children can return to live at home 

A widow who was left paralysed after falling has thanked 60 big-hearted volunteers for converting his house so he can live at home again. Father-of-four Rob Lamb suffered a severe spinal cord injury when he fainted due to low blood pressure at home in Solihull, near Birmingham, in October last year. The incident left the 58-year-old … Read more

British charity worker blinded and paralysed after cobra bite in India while battling Covid-19 

British charity worker is blind and paralysed after being bitten by cobra in Indian village while battling his second bout of Covid-19 Ian Jones in intensive care after being being bitten by a black king cobra in India He has been left blinded and paralysed in an Indian hospital after the snake bite The former … Read more

Father-of-two, 38, was left paralysed after freak accident doing a forward roll

Father-of-two, 38, was left paralysed after freak accident doing a forward roll at a family BBQ Wayne Duckworth, 38, from Stockport, had been performing a roly poly indoors  The stunt went horrifically wrong and he realised he could not move his body  Father was rushed to Salford Royal hospital and underwent emergency surgery   By … Read more

Physiotherapist who paralysed an RAF contractor is struck off 

Physiotherapist who paralysed an RAF contractor during a ‘vigorous’ spinal ‘manipulation’ treatment is struck off Jason Davidson left paralysed after physiotherapist gave him intense treatment  William Cooper performed the thoracic spine manipulation on Davidson  The former US Air Force serviceman had complained of ‘acute’ shoulder pain Davidson will now spend the rest of his life … Read more

Disabled man leaps out wheelchair to save drowning man on SAME pier that paralysed him

Incredible moment disabled man leaps out of wheelchair and into sea to save drowning man… while he’s filming documentary about how he became paralysed by jumping off SAME pier Nikita Vankov leaped from his wheelchair to assist three men in the sea  The licensed paradiver was filming on the pier in Anapa, Russia, on October … Read more

Paralysed by paranoia: ROBERT HARDMAN says scariest part of ghost town Britain is irrational fears

The sepulchral gloom suddenly starts to lift as I walk along Gracechurch Street. From round the corner comes a strange, exciting sound seldom heard in the City of London in recent months: laughter, raised voices, the clinking of glasses. I turn into Leadenhall Market and there it is — an after-work pub crowd spilling out … Read more