Richard Bacon Speaks Out After Coma And Praises NHS
16 July 2018, 11:54
The TV presenter has taken to Twitter following his hospitalisation, where he suffered for
Richard Bacon has opened up about how he "nearly died" after being in a coma for six days.
The 42-year-old presenter has been in hospital for 10 days with a double chest infection, and thought he was about to lose his life when he was rushed to an intensive care unit.
The TV personality wrote on Twitter: "So I did 6 days strght in a coma. Been here another 4 since. It’s an yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died. At one point, as I was as run down a hallway to ICU at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest (bit like Pulp Fiction) I thought, this is it.1/2 (sic)"
So I did 6 days strght in a coma. Been here another 4 since. It’s an yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died. At one point, as I was as run down a hallway to ICU at midnight, with a massive needle jammed in my chest (bit like Pulp Fiction) I thought, this is it.1/2
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
The former Blue Peter presenter felt so close to death that he imagined hospital staff telling his father he had passed away.
He continued: "How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives? Who’s going to sit my poor dad down and say“I’m sorry, we did everything we could”. But then I didn’t die. And I didn’t die because I’m on the NHS . VivaTheNHS..."
2/2 How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives? Who’s going to sit my poor dad down and say“I’m sorry, we did everything we could”. But then I didn’t die. And I didn’t die because I’m on the NHS . VivaTheNHS. See you for your 💯th. By which time I probably will have penumonia
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
Then, going on to praise Lewisham hospital specifically, he said: "I walked in off the street simply complaining of being short of breath. With 90 minutes they had placed me into a life saving six day coma."
This is how good Lewisham Hospital is. I walked in off the street simply complaining of being short of breath. With 90 minutes they had placed me into a life saving six day coma. #VivaTheNHS.
— richard bacon (@richardpbacon) July 16, 2018
His tweets come after his mother Christine, previously told the Mansfield Chad newspaper that he was not fully conscious, but was getting better.
She went on: “The doctors have said that he is very distressed and confused after being in a coma for a week, which you can understand, and that we need to keep talking to him and reminding him of where he is.”
