"The teams here and Wythenshawe that saved my..."

I am a secretary working at Macclesfield District General Hospital.

I have worked here for nearly 10 years and in almost every department including A&E.

I know how hard everyone here works to help patients and keep the hospital running smoothly.

On Monday night my father was rushed into Macclesfield A&E having collapsed.

He was barely conscious in the Ambulance from Buxton to Macclesfield.

The staff in the A&E at Macclesfield saw him immediately and he was sent for a scan.

It was quickly realised that something was very wrong and they liaised with Wythenshawe hospital who had operated on him a week previously.

The outcome was that he was rushed to Wythensawe hospital for emergency surgery with little hope of survival.

His emergency aortic aneurysm repair was performed by a Vascular Surgeon and team.

the odds weren't great but they managed to save his life against all the odds.

I am so grateful for the care my father received both here at Macclesfield and at Wythenshawe hospital.

I am so proud of our doctors and nurses here, at Wythenshawe and in the NHS as a whole.

They give 100% and much much more to help patients and save lives.

I am eternally grateful to the Team and A&E Macclesfield, the amazing ambulance service, the A&E at Wythenshawe and special thanks to the surgeon and the team who performed the life-saving surgery.

Massive massive thanks to everyone involved for my dad's amazing and excellent care.

xxxx