Labour MP talks to Helen Pidd about his 25 days in hospital being treated for coronavirus
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Tony Lloyd, the Labour MP for Rochdale in Greater Manchester, spent 25 days in Manchester Royal Infirmary with Covid-19, including 10 days in an induced coma on a ventilator. He talks to Helen Pidd about the humbling experience, from having strange dreams to how it’s focused his beliefs about the NHS.
I’d been feeling ropey for two weeks when I went into hospital on 2 April, ever since I’d come back up to Manchester from Westminster. I’d woken up really early, about 4am, and I just thought: this isn’t right. I’d perhaps been in denial until then. You know what northerners are like: after 200 years of having manure poured over our heads, we are used to soldiering on.
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