Douglas Murphy scraped his leg on a bin bag while cleaning up after party . 47-year - old mother - of - six suffered a cut so small it was barely visible . It became infected , triggering the rare condition of pneumonia . patients were forced to amputate when antibiotics began to work .
Douglas Murphy scraped his leg on a bin bag while clearing up after party . 47-year-old father-of-two suffered a cut so small it was barely visible . It became infected , triggering the rare condition necrotizing faciitis . Surgeons were preparing to amputate when antibiotics began to work .