'It was torture': Cork man issues warning after surviving rare flesh-eating disease 

What started as a small cut on his nearly cost Robbie Walsh his life. 
'It was torture': Cork man issues warning after surviving rare flesh-eating disease 
Robbie Walsh and his wife Tracey

A Cork man who almost died after catching a rare flesh eating bug has issued a public warning.

Speaking on the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork's REDFM, Robbie Walsh described how a small cut on his toe quickly caused his foot to swell "like a balloon'

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