A brave woman has thanked the "amazing" staff at St George’s Hospital after she relived the moment they saved her life in the Channel 4 show 24 Hours in A&E.

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The Tooting hospital hit the nation’s TV screens last Thursday night with its debut episode of 24 Hours in A&E.

The show featured the nail-biting fight to save the life of a dental nurse, Kerry Waters, 29, who was involved in a horrific motorbike accident.

Miss Waters, from Essex, arrived at the hospital by air ambulance, landing on the new helipad. She had lost control of her motorbike and completely severed her right leg below the knee.

Due to the severity of her injuries specialists from seven different departments in the hospital were called to attend Miss Waters. Their first priority was to save her life and their second was to try to rescue her limb.

The dramatic episode started with a staff member receiving a "code red" alert informing them a critically ill patient was being flown in having lost a lot of blood. One doctor revealed: "It could be minutes one way or another whether they survive or die."

Miss Waters’ grandparents got called to the scene of the crash and featured in the episode, revealing they worried about her when she went out on her motorbike.

Her proud grandfather, Dennis Waters, described her as a gutsy and confident girl and added: "We just left everything, jumped in the car and ran down there. We just saw Kerry laying in the ditch. Well, my stomach nearly fell out."

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Miss Waters said watching her near-death experience through the eyes of medical staff made her go "numb" and added: "I’m lucky to be alive. Watching the blood transfusion - I didn’t know I had that. I thought ‘oh my goodness, this all happened’.

"When I had the accident I could tell something was missing but no-one was telling me anything. When I came round I could feel something was gone. I was looking at my mum and she couldn’t look me in my eye.

"At the time I honestly thought that was it. I remember the staff being amazing. I even found the food decent. The theatre nurse came up to see me a few days later. The nurses on my wards were amazing and the physician was lovely.

"Obviously I was not fully aware of what had happened but I just remember the nurses being fantastic.

"I’d say a massive massive thank you [to staff] for looking after me and caring for me. They just made my experience really comfortable and put me at ease."

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Miss Waters said her future was looking positive and, although unsure about whether to go back to dental nursing, she has now set her sights set on becoming a Paralympic horse rider.

The tense documentary series has moved from its former home, King’s College Hospital, to the major trauma centre in Tooting.

The show also featured 11-year-old Luke, who suffered a prolonged epileptic seizure, and 19-year-old Tina who had stepped on a sewing needle.

To find out what happened watch the episode on 4OD. The next episode will air tomorrow (Thursday November 6), Channel 4, at 9pm.