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| Michael Gove praises NHS after son's grisly Christmas Eve accident | Michael Gove praises NHS after son's grisly Christmas Eve accident |
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| Michael Gove has paid tribute to NHS staff who treated his son after a Christmas Eve accident. | Michael Gove has paid tribute to NHS staff who treated his son after a Christmas Eve accident. |
| The environment secretary’s son Will, 14, was left badly injured after tripping over the Christmas tree and crashing through French windows at the family’s London home. | The environment secretary’s son Will, 14, was left badly injured after tripping over the Christmas tree and crashing through French windows at the family’s London home. |
| Gove thanked staff at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital who treated his son in a tweet. | Gove thanked staff at the Chelsea and Westminster hospital who treated his son in a tweet. |
| Just wanted to thank wonderful team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their kindness and professionalism this Christmas - especially the superb trauma surgeon Mr Ibrahim - we are in your debt | Just wanted to thank wonderful team at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital for their kindness and professionalism this Christmas - especially the superb trauma surgeon Mr Ibrahim - we are in your debt |
| Gove’s wife, the newspaper columnist Sarah Vine, described how the teenager was rushed to A&E and spent seven hours having cuts on his shoulder and arm stitched up. | Gove’s wife, the newspaper columnist Sarah Vine, described how the teenager was rushed to A&E and spent seven hours having cuts on his shoulder and arm stitched up. |
| She rushed back home after being called by her son while out doing last-minute Christmas shopping, and arrived to find a scene “reminiscent of a horror movie”. | She rushed back home after being called by her son while out doing last-minute Christmas shopping, and arrived to find a scene “reminiscent of a horror movie”. |
| Writing in the Daily Mail, Vine said she answered a mobile phone call in the supermarket to hear a “howl of anguish” from her son. When he switched to video calling, she saw “a white-faced child with a huge gash on his shoulder about 10 centimetres long and deep enough so you could see the bone and tissues”. | Writing in the Daily Mail, Vine said she answered a mobile phone call in the supermarket to hear a “howl of anguish” from her son. When he switched to video calling, she saw “a white-faced child with a huge gash on his shoulder about 10 centimetres long and deep enough so you could see the bone and tissues”. |
| “On the same arm, a strip of flesh was hanging, like something out of a horror movie,” she continued. | “On the same arm, a strip of flesh was hanging, like something out of a horror movie,” she continued. |
| After running home in 10 minutes, she found her son shaking, with blood-soaked kitchen towels wrapped around his arm. | After running home in 10 minutes, she found her son shaking, with blood-soaked kitchen towels wrapped around his arm. |
| “His lips were blue, and the hall was looking distinctly Quentin Tarantino,” she said. “Both French door windowpanes were jagged, gaping holes. Carpet, presents, tree were all covered in a fine spattering of blood.” | “His lips were blue, and the hall was looking distinctly Quentin Tarantino,” she said. “Both French door windowpanes were jagged, gaping holes. Carpet, presents, tree were all covered in a fine spattering of blood.” |
| Gove arrived back home – “gasping for air having sprinted back from the tube station” – as an ambulance crew prepared to take Will to Chelsea and Westminster hospital. | Gove arrived back home – “gasping for air having sprinted back from the tube station” – as an ambulance crew prepared to take Will to Chelsea and Westminster hospital. |
| Vine said their son was “stitched up a treat” by doctors, who included the consultant surgeon Edward Ibrahim. | Vine said their son was “stitched up a treat” by doctors, who included the consultant surgeon Edward Ibrahim. |
| The teenager emerged that evening “excited at the prospect of some thrilling scars with which to wow the girls”. | The teenager emerged that evening “excited at the prospect of some thrilling scars with which to wow the girls”. |
| By the next morning, he was feeling well enough to wake his parents early to watch him open his presents. | By the next morning, he was feeling well enough to wake his parents early to watch him open his presents. |
| Vine said the episode had left her haunted by the fragility of life and grateful for “my great good fortune in life”. | Vine said the episode had left her haunted by the fragility of life and grateful for “my great good fortune in life”. |
| “Had he fallen an inch to the side either way, he could easily have severed a ligament or, much worse, an artery,” she said. “Or if had I missed his call – as I often do – I might not have got home in time.” | “Had he fallen an inch to the side either way, he could easily have severed a ligament or, much worse, an artery,” she said. “Or if had I missed his call – as I often do – I might not have got home in time.” |
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