Craig Mackinlay MP welcomed back to Parliament with standing ovation after losing his hands and feet to sepsis
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Video shows the emotional moment Conservative MP, Craig Mackinlay, was welcomed back to Parliament with a standing ovation after losing his hands and feet to sepsis.
Members rose to their feet and applauded when Mr Mackinlay, MP for South Thanet, entered the House of Commons chamber.
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Hide AdMr Mackinlay was admitted to hospital in septic shock in September 2023 and was put in a 16-day induced coma. He was given a 5 per cent chance of survival. The MP had a quadruple amputation and now has prosthetic limbs. Mr Mackinlay has joked he wants to be known as the “bionic MP”.
Speaking to the BBC, he said: “When children come to parliament’s fantastic education centre, I want them to be pulling their parents’ jacket or skirts or their teacher and saying: ‘I want to see the bionic MP today’.”
Sepsis is a life-threatening reaction to an infection which happens when a person’s immune system overreacts to an infection and starts to damage your body’s own tissues and organs.
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