The former MP for South Thanet says he will campaign to raise awareness of sepsis.
Parliament's first "bionic lord" has said he will use his seat to raise awareness of sepsis and improve the quality of prosthetics offered to amputees.
On Thursday, Lord Mackinlay of Richborough will become the first quadruple amputee to sit in the House of Lords after he was given a peerage in Rishi Sunak's dissolution honours list.He said he "loved" his nine years as the Conservative MP for South Thanet, but being appointed to the Lords had given him "a new lease of life".
Lord MacKinlay, 58, said of his experience of life after sepsis: "You're reliant on other people, and you do get frustrated."But there's two things that keep me going really."And, you've got to say well it's better than the alternative, and I was very close to the alternative, which was death."In September last year, the sitting MP was rushed to hospital and put into a 16-day induced coma - his wife was told he had only a 5% chance of survival.
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