'My body was shutting down' Man's warning after flu put him in coma for 12 days

'My body was shutting down' Man's warning after flu put him in coma for 12 days

55-year-old Alan Watson was in hospital for more than a month as staff worked to stop his body shutting down completely.

North Wales veteran urges people to get their flu jab after life-threatening illness

“My body was shutting down – you don’t understand how serious flu can be.” A North Wales army veteran and father-of-four has told how he spent almost two weeks in an induced coma in intensive care after contracting flu. 55-year-old Alan Watson was in hospital for more than a month as staff worked to stop his body shutting down completely. He says no one can understand what he went through – and few realise how serious flu can be. Alan is just on…