“I was afraid to have a jab so I ended up dying eight times”: A woman, aged 35, who is unable to walk, urges others to get immunized

  • Gemma Roberts, 35, is urging Brits to receive Covid jab after being hospitalised
  • In August, she was admitted to the hospital. She begged for her life and pleaded with doctors to not let her go. 
  • She was able to return to health after eight heart attacks.
  • Put into a coma, and she could not move her legs or arms after awakening.
  • Gemma was physiotherapy and is now only able to use a walking aid. 










One woman suffered cardiac arrests in eight days while being treated with Covid. She refused the vaccine and now urges others to have the vaccination.

Gemma Roberts (35), had her heart stop multiple times and needed to be revived by Warrington Hospital medical staff eight times. 

After contracting coronavirus, she was taken to the hospital on August 11. 

The former Eddie Stobart employee told The Mirror that after initially being rushed to hospital, she pleaded with doctors not to let her die and that she rang her partner Sophie to tell her she was being put to sleep. 

Gemma Roberts, 35, (pictured while in hospital) had to be revived eight times by medical staff at Warrington Hospital after her heart stopped multiple times

Gemma Roberts (35) was photographed while being treated at Warrington Hospital. Her heart had stopped several times and she needed to be revived 8 times.

She said: ‘I wish I had the vaccine before, I think everyone should have it now.

“I was afraid to have the jab. People had died from it, I was told.

“I was willing to take a chance, and it almost cost me my life. Medical professionals saved mine, they are the ones I trust now.

Additionally, she said that her guilt for putting her family through this stress was something she also felt.

On August 11 of this year, she was rushed to hospital and placed on a ventilator after contracting coronavirus

After contracting the coronavirus, she was taken to hospital on August 11.

Gemma contracted sepsis two times while she was in the hospital. Partner Sophie Holmes, 39 said that this caused a large-scale rash. 

Gemma was initially positive for Covid-19 following a lateral flow and PCR tests.

According to her, she believed she was just feeling hungover after a weekend of weddings because she felt tired, sick, and short of breath.

She was informed that she would be taken into hospital to receive oxygen. 

Sophie, her partner said she was informed two days after she was admitted that she would be going to bed. This was before she experienced cardiac arrest in August. 

Pictured: Gemma with her partner Sophie, who proposed to her after she woke up in hospital

Pictured: Gemma and Sophie with their partner Sophie. Sophie proposed after Gemma woke up in the hospital

Medical staff brought her back, and she continued to suffer for two more days.

After being on a ventilator for 3 weeks, she experienced four heart attacks on August 31.

Another cardiac arrest occurred, and the patient was finally taken off the ventilator in October.

When she finally woke up, however, she found that her arms and legs were immobile.

Since then, she has worked with physio to be able to walk again using a walking aid. Sophie proposed to her. 

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