Critically-ill coronavirus patient with 'very grim' outlook is saved after NHS doctors gave him promising arthritis drug that is being trialed worldwide

Daily Mail

• Leonard Whitehurst was admitted to the Royal Cornwall Hospital on March 16
• His condition deteriorated and looked 'very grim', Dr Giorgio Gentile said
• The Dr had heard of the use of tocilizumab from colleagues in Italy
• He believes he is the first to try it in the UK ahead of large-scale trials
• Mr Whitehurst was given two doses, recovered and is now at home