For the latest news from in and around Wigan sign up to the MyWigan newsletter here The family of a man who almost died after suffering a brain haemorrhage in Tesco have thanked staff who helped save him.
Karl Hawkins was out shopping with a friend on April 24 last year when his life changed forever. The healthy 36-year-old had only reached the first isle of the Derby Street store in Leigh when he fell to the floor.
He had suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage which would see him slip into a coma for eight weeks. Karl's mother, Jackie Chadwick, rushed to the store after learning what had happened.
She described seeing her son lying helplessly on the ground as “horrifying”. “When I walked in, I saw him and I told my eldest son I didn’t
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