Dad died after 'grazing his leg' and swimming in sea on holiday in Turkey
manchestereveningnews.co.ukA 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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