February 01, 2017 at 12:01AM
Wound forced BBC journalist to leave Papua New Guinea expedition but he returned later to see birds of paradise
Frank Gardner, the BBC’s security correspondent, has had to be evacuated from a remote mountain location in Papua New Guinea after developing a serious pressure sore while on an expedition to find exotic birds of paradise.
The journalist, who uses a wheelchair after being shot by al-Qaida gunmen in Saudia Arabia in 2004, was partway through a three-week journey into PNG’s remote highlands last year when he developed the sore after being carried over a strenuous mountain range in a makeshift sedan chair.
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