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Katie Fitzpatrick

Paddy Doherty pleads with people to follow rules after ending up back in hospital with Covid-19

My Big Fat Gypsy Wedding star Paddy Doherty has pleaded with people to follow coronavirus restrictions after ending up back in hospital struggling to breathe.

The 62-year-old former bare knuckle boxer from Manchester shared a new video on his Facebook page on Saturday morning that showed him taking oxygen as he explained that it was because of Covid-19.

He wrote alongside the the video that he thought that 'all was fine' after he was rushed to hospital last month suffering with double pneumonia and Covid.

Paddy was struggling to breathe (Paddy Doherty Facebook)

"Thought all was fine but here I am back in the hospital," he said.

He added: "CRAZY COVID! PLEASE PLEASE LOOK AFTER YOU, YOUR FAMILY AND EVERYONE. FOLLOW THE GUIDELINES X PADDY."

In the harrowing video clip he could be seen coughing and wheezing.

"I'll be out in the morning," he said.

He updated followers about his health battle (Paddy Doherty Facebook)

"Just be careful everyone. I'm worse than a cat. A cat's got seven lives, I've got 100 lives."

And the TV personality, who won Celebrity Big Brother in 2011, added: "Catch you all later. Be lucky."

Doctors at the Countess of Chester Hospital in Chester previously gave Paddy just a 50 per cent chance of survival as they fought to save his life.

Paddy described the haunting image of people dying next to him as he and others fought the deadly virus.

The former Celebrity Big Brother star told the Daily Star : "The doctors and nurses were all around me. I felt like I was paralysed in my body because I couldn't do anything.

"I couldn't raise my hand, my head or even speak. I had no strength. The doctors were putting all these drips in me and I thought: 'This is it.'

"They gave me some drugs and said if they didn't work, I'd have to go on a ventilator and that I had a 50/50 chance of survival, but they told me thought I could beat it."

He added: "I saw death right before me. I was in this room and everyone with Covid was tagged.

"I've never seen anything like it before in my life.

"You're looking at people and they're coming in and being rolled out and you're saying 'he's not made it, he's not made it, he's not made it.

"I couldn't believe it. I really thought I was a goner and that my number was up.

"Everyone can talk about how this isn't happening, but this is real."

Paddy started a petition calling for a 10 per cent way increase for NHS staff and vowed to do charity work when he's strong enough to raise funds, describing them as 'miracle workers.'

"If I was a millionaire, I would give it without a blink of an eye," he said.

"The NHS saved my life and gave me back to my wife. It's the least I can do."

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