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Russian spy poisoning: Policeman discharged after Salisbury attack | Russian spy poisoning: Policeman discharged after Salisbury attack |
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A police officer who fell ill after being exposed to the nerve agent used on a Russian ex-spy and his daughter has been discharged from hospital. | |
Det Sgt Nick Bailey was left seriously ill after responding to the attack on Sergei Skripal, 66, and Yulia Skripal, 33, in Salisbury earlier this month. | |
The pair remain in a critical but stable condition in hospital. | |
Det Sgt Bailey said that "normal life for me will probably never be the same" as he also thanked hospital staff. | |
He said in a statement that there were "no words" to explain how he felt, adding: "It really has been completely surreal". | |
He added: "I have been so very overwhelmed by the support, cards and messages I have received - everyone has been so incredible." | |
Salisbury District Hospital, where the Skripals are being treated, said 48 other people had sought medical advice following the attack on 4 March. | |
Cara Charles-Barks, chief executive of Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, said hospital staff were "working around the clock" to care for the Skripals. | |
A judge has said it is unclear if the pair, who were found slumped on a shopping centre bench in Salisbury, would fully recover from the nerve agent attack. | |
Judge David Williams, of the Court of Protection, said their mental capacity may have been compromised to an "unknown" degree. | |
The court, which hears issues affecting the welfare of sick or vulnerable people, has given doctors permission to take blood samples from the Skripals to send to chemical weapons experts. | |
Delivering the ruling, Judge Williams said: "Medical tests indicate that their mental capacity might be compromised to an unknown and so far unascertained degree." |