A nurse was filmed in tears as she released a coronavirus patient, who initially had a survival chance of just 50 per cent, to see his family.
Staff nurse Vykky Searle spoke to Ross Kemp as part of his show, On The NHS Frontline, after releasing George, who had spent 13 days sedated on a ventilator.
George told the cameras that he didn't expect to leave Milton Keynes Hospital Trust alive, and that he was convinced he would die from the virus.
He said: "I survived Covid-19, because of the hospital. I was down for 13 days, 13 days sedated."
Vykky added: "It's great because he was so sick when he came to us, and then like three days [after sedation] you're back on your feet again and it's amazing. It's quite emotional."
Nurse Searle then began to be tearful as George branded her "one of the best people I've seen" for helping to save his life.
George was later filmed being reunited with his family in emotional scenes, before his brother-in-law joked for him "not to get used to being chauffeured around".
After watching George drive away, a tearful nurse Vykky said: "That's what nursing is all about, is to see people going home like that, and it's so nice to send people back to their families, because his wife probably hasn't seen him since about the 23 of March.
"It was touch and go, when he came back to the ward on Sunday, he was very unwell.
"I'm shocked that he is going home today.
"He's done so well, but mentally he's strong and he got himself through this, and he's got, obviously, the love of his family, which pulled him through."
Ross Kemp then adds: "And his got a lot of love, coming from the likes of you."
Nurse Vykky added: "The staff, yeah, definitely."
The UK's coronavirus death toll currently stands at 14,653.
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