Girl, 12, recalls moment she was put into induced coma after vaping: ‘I didn’t know if I would come out’

18 Oct 2023 • 10:59 PM MYT
The Independent
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A 12-year-old girl has recalled the moment she was put into an induced coma after vaping.

Sarah Griffin was taken to hospital after feeling unwell. It was there an X-ray of her lungs showed only one of them was working.

Within a few hours she was in intensive care where she remained for several days.

Sarah has recovered but has been left with permanent damage to her lungs.

She told This Morning: “I was in an X-ray room and then got put into a side room. All the doctors came in and were staring at me.

“I started texting my mummy and friends and said I didn’t know if was out getting out.”

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