A Scots tourist became critically ill in Poland after jumping into water to "cool off".Liam Fullerton, from Dundee,visited the country on July 6 to watch a friendly between his club Dundee FC and Polish side Lech Poznan.
But the 30-year-old was suffered severe leg wounds after he leapt off a bridge into a body of water, smashing into the rocks below.Liam was discharged from hospital after treatment to his injuries, but became seriously unwell while trying to board his flight home on July 14.
He was rushed back to A&E where medics discovered he was in septic shock and further diagnosed him with gangrene. Liam then underwent a number of operations to his wounds in a bid to flush the infection from his body.
But after failed attempts to stabilise Liam, doctors in Poznan took the decision to have him airlifted to a hospital 200 miles away near Gdańsk, where clinicians specialise in wound bacteria.His heartbroken mum, Lisa, has since revealed that her son was placed in an induced coma.
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