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Arena bomb victim who was put in ambulance over an hour after the blast 'could have survived with better treatment'

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Warning: This article contains details which some readers will find upsetting. A healthcare worker who was among the 22 killed in the Manchester Arena bombing could have survived if he had earlier treatment, the inquiry into the atrocity heard today.

John Atkinson, 28, from Radcliffe, Bury, suffered devastating shrapnel wounds, particularly to his legs, when suicide bomber Salman Abedi detonated a huge improvised device as concert-goers left an Ariana Grande concert on May 22, 2017.

He was just six metres from the explosion. Today it emerged the healthcare assistant who helped young adults with autism and Asperger's and who worked at a coronary stroke unit could have survived had tourniquets been applied to both his legs. READ MORE: What

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