Former MP Duguid leaves spinal injuries clinic on foot

Ousted erstwhile MP David Duguid has thanked aesculapian unit who aided his betterment aft helium near a spinal injuries session connected foot.

Mr Duguid suffered a spinal changeable successful April, aboriginal contracting pneumonia and had been undergoing rehabilitation successful Glasgow since May.

The erstwhile MP was barred by Scottish Conservative officials from moving for the Aberdeenshire North and Moray East spot successful this year’s wide predetermination connected wellness grounds, contempt having said helium was looking guardant to campaigning.

Then Scottish Tory person Douglas Ross announced helium would basal for the spot instead, but faced interior disapproval aft U-turning connected his erstwhile determination not to question election.

Mr Ross mislaid the spot to the SNP connected July 4 and stepped down arsenic enactment leader, with Mr Duguid aboriginal saying helium thinks helium would person won the constituency if helium had been allowed to stand.

On Tuesday, Mr Duguid posted footage connected societal media of himself walking retired of the portion successful the Queen Elizabeth University Hospital field successful Glasgow aided by crutches, and past getting himself and his wheelchair into his car, and mounting disconnected down the instrumentality to thrust home.

The erstwhile Scotland Office curate wrote: “I ever said was going to WALK retired of the Spinal Injuries Unit successful #glasgow. Now I have, and for the past time!

“I’ve said it earlier but I truly can’t convey capable the fantastic NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde doctors, therapists, nursing unit and everyone other who has made my rehabilitation arsenic palmy arsenic it has been.

“I wouldn’t person chosen to person a #spinalstroke backmost successful April – and surely not the infirmary acquired pneumonia that followed – but arsenic soon arsenic I arrived successful Glasgow and my rehabilitation started successful aboriginal May, I knew I was successful the close spot and have, for the astir part, truly enjoyed my rehab journey.

“In June, my advisor said that determination was nary aesculapian crushed I couldn’t spell location astatine that point, but that I wouldn’t person the payment of the therapy I continued to person arsenic agelong arsenic I continued to conscionable abbreviated word objectives.”

He thanked his family, office manager and everyone who supported him, and gave peculiar acknowledgment to his woman Rose, describing her arsenic “the astir faithful, devoted, supportive beingness spouse anybody could anticipation for, and for whom I volition proceed to beryllium thankful forever”.

Mr Duguid was elected successful 2017 arsenic MP for Banff and Buchan, which was aboriginal expanded arsenic portion of bound changes and renamed Aberdeenshire North and Moray East.

He served doubly arsenic a inferior curate successful the Scotland Office, from June 2020 to September 2021 and from September-October 2022.