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A MAN has told how he ended up being DEAD for almost half an hour after visiting a friend for coffee. Alan Curran, 54, popped by to see a work pal who was feeling sick at his Glasgow home in 2022. 5 Alan Curran was clinically dead for almost half an hour Credit: NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde 5 He ended up in Intensive Care at the Glasgow Royal Infirmary Credit: The Sun 5 He was rushed to tjhe hospital days after visiting a pal Credit: Alamy 5 He spent months in hospital Credit: PA But he developed a bad cough and started feeling unwell just days later.

Alan, from the east end of the city , then took a turn for the worse. The next thing he knew he woke up in Intensive Care THREE MONTHS later. It was revealed the former courier had developed pneumonia and contracted sepsis .



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Alan told how he spent 11 weeks fighting for his life and praised the heroic medics who saved his life. Most read in Health SHOCK FIND Doctors told me I had anxiety but it was a brain tumour - don't ignore the .

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