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An army veteran spent two weeks in induced coma after contracting flu. Alan Watson, 55, was on his way to work when a colleague stopped him and told him his lips "looked blue".

Even though Alan had a nasty cough, he didn't think it was anything more than a bad cold. He went to his GP surgery and was found to have very low levels of oxygen in his blood and was rushed to the Emergency Department at Wrexham Maelor Hospital in Wales.

Mr Watson, from Wrexham, can't remember anything after he was hurried to critical care. Staff worked for more than a month to stop his body from shutting down completely.

Mr Watson , who served for 12 years and on multiple overseas operations, said: "I missed my twins’ birthdays, missed Christmas, and I’ve

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