‘I owe them my life’: how Boris Johnson’s illness shook him, and the nation
For a time, the prime minister’s life appeared to be in danger. Will this brush with mortality change his attitudes?
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“I can’t thank them enough, I owe them my life,” said Boris Johnson.
His short statement, issued on Saturday night, paying tribute to NHS staff, followed a nerve-racking few days when he was rushed to hospital, later admitted to intensive care, given oxygen, before being released back on to the ward to begin his slow recovery.
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