A British holidaymaker died after 'grazing his leg' and going swimming in the sea whilst on holiday. Philip Maile, 65, was on a trip to Turkey with his wife when he suffered what he thought was a minor cut his leg as he climbed set of rotten wooden stairs.
His leg started quickly turning black and blue a few days after going swimming in the Mediterranean despite his wound being dressed in a waterproof bandage and being told that salt water would be "beneficial".
He had picked up an extremely rare flesh-eating bacteria that doctors were unable to stop from spreading despite amputating his leg twice.
Despite their efforts, Phillip died on October 13 2022. READ MORE: ‘Bullying left me scared to leave the house due to panic attacks - now I have a six-figure business’ Phillip, from Worthing, near Brighton in West Sussex, was diagnosed with a deadly skin infection called necrotising fasciitis while holidaying in Oludeniz, Turkey, with his wife, Vanessa, in September 2022.
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