Dr Amir continued: “What we have seen there is Harry using external stimulus by tapping on his shoulder, and therapist will ask the patient to focus on a traumatic memory, and while they are doing that they will either move their eyes very quickly following their hands or use external stimulus like tapping.”
Derek was first hospitalised at the start of the coronavirus pandemic last year when he was taken to hospital with very low oxygen levels.
His condition worsened and he became one of the most stricken patients, remaining in intensive care for a year.
The former Labour advisor has now returned to his family home but is still very ill with complications as a result of COVID-19.