Good Morning Britain star Kate Garraway has revealed her husband Derek Draper, the UK's longest-suffering patient of the virus, has been back in hospital for two months. Kate, 55, first revealed he had been hospitalised when she appeared at the TRIC Awards on Wednesday – but has now said he's been "in and out" before then.
Derek, 54, was admitted to hospital with Covid-19 in March 2020 and was later put into an induced coma. He has suffered with his health ever since and although he manged to beat the deadly virus, it has left him with a series of health complications including clots in his lungs and holes in his heart, reports the Mirror.
Derek stayed in hospital for more than a year before he returned home In April 2021, but still needs constant care. Now, Kate has revealed she has been taking things "day by day", but admitted she felt "exhausted" with taking Derek back and fourth to hospital before his stay.