Broadcaster Richard Bacon has tweeted for the first time after waking from a medically-induced coma, admitting that he nearly died.
The 41-year-old former BBC Radio 5 live presenter became ill on a flight back to the UK from America on July 5th. He was admitted to A&E at Lewisham in south east London and placed in a medically-induced coma, before eventually waking last Friday.
Doctors had initially diagnosed him with pneumonia, but Bacon revealed he had actually been suffering from “an as-yet unidentified double chest infection”.
This morning he tweeted: “So I did six days straight in a coma. Been here another four since. It’s an as yet unidentified double chest infection. I nearly died.
“At one point, as I was 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’. ‘How’s is this going to affect my kids’ lives?’
