An unvaccinated woman who had eight heart attacks and spent two months on a ventilator after catching Covid has urged everyone to get the jab.

Gemma Roberts, 35, from Warrington, was repeatedly saved by doctors during her ordeal and has admitted there were moments she thought she was a ‘goner’.

Her partner Sophie Holmes, 39, has blamed anti-vaxx ‘brainwashing’ after the pair both decided not to get inoculated because of rumours hundreds were dying from the vaccines.

Gemma, who first tested positive back in August after a wedding, remains in hospital but is now on the mend and is learning to walk again.

She told The Mirror: ‘I remember saying to doctors and nurses “please don’t let me die”.

‘Before I was put to sleep I rang my partner Sophie and said “they are having to put me to sleep but I’m going to be okay”.

‘But there were moments when I thought “I could be a goner here”. I wish I had the vaccine before, I think everyone should have it now.

‘I was one of those people that was scared of having the jab. I heard it had killed people.

‘I took a chance and I almost didn’t pull through. Medical professionals saved my life, that’s who I will listen to now.’

Gemma, a former Eddie Stobart worker, first dismissed her illness as a hangover but two tests showed she had Covid.

She described feeling sick and tired before it became difficult for her to breathe while doing simple tasks like walking to the toilet.

Paramedics rushed to her house on August 11 and she initially thought her hospital stay would only last a few nights.

Her condition deteriorated rapidly and she suffered her first heart attack on August 14.

Then, over the next week or so, her heart repeatedly stopped and she had to be brought back by doctors using CPR.

At one point she was ‘dead’ for 10 minutes as she suffered four heart attacks on one day on August 31.

Gemma was finally taken off a ventilator at the start of October but the experience, which also included two bouts of sepsis, has taken a damaging toll.

‘We were unvaccinated and have no underlying health conditions, we are just a bit chubby – that’s it. The doctors saved her life,’ Sophie said.

‘I want people to know not to believe the anti-vaxxer rubbish. We were brainwashed.’

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