The Mirror

Man with splinter left in hand for four days has to have finger CUT OFF

A care worker who had a splinter in his finger ended up having to have it amputated after staff at an NHS urgent treatment centre thought it was “a superficial injury”. Alan Blakey, who works in a ...
Daily Express

Man ended up in intensive care after getting a splinter in his hand

A carpenter ended up in a coma in intensive care after a splinter in his hand made him seriously ill. Dave Parkyn, 30, suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood ...
Hull Daily Mail

Carpenter went blind after suffering a splinter in his hand at work

A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia - after a wood splinter in his hand got infected. Dave Parkyn was left blind in his right eye, partially sighted in his ...
Liverpool Echo

'I almost died after getting a splinter in my hand'

A 28-year-old man had his whole life "devastated" by a splinter in his hand. Dave Parkyn suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, sepsis and pneumonia after a wood splinter in his hand got ...
WESH

Volusia County man nearly loses hand after splinter turns into dangerous infection

TO MANY OF US, GETTING A SPLINTER IN YOUR HAND THAT YOU JUST CAN’T GET OUT. YEAH, KIND OF ANNOYING, RIGHT? THE MAN HAD THIS HAPPEN TO HIM. ONLY THE SPLINTER WAS SO BIG HIS HAND GOT SO INFECTED HE ...
Metro

Splinter in carpenter’s hand made him go blind and almost killed him

Dave Parkyn, pictured with mother Jackie, is blind in his right eye and partially sighted in his left (Picture: Stroke Association/ SWNS) A carpenter suffered a life-threatening stroke, blindness, ...