Popular TV host Martin Roberts has opened up about his horrifying health scare and the moment he witnessed doctors drive an 'eight inch needle' into his chest in a lifesaving treatment bid.
The 58-year-old was rushed to hospital earlier this week - unknowing at the time he was merely 'hours from dying'.
Martin revealed he began to feel unwell over the Easter Bank Holiday - but dismissed his symptoms as long Covid or asthma. However, Wales Online report that by Wednesday, the TV presenter feared he was suffering a heart attack and was subsequently taken to hospital by his wife Kirsty - with doctors attending to him within '45 seconds' of his arrival.
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Martin said a series of tests revealed his blood pressure had dropped to half of that of a healthy person and his liver and kidneys were down to '30 per cent' their normal capacity.
It was then discovered that Martin was suffering with an excess of fluid around his heart that was preventing it from pumping correctly.
"In my case, it turns to something called a cardiac tamponade, which is where it fills rapidly and starts strangling the heart. And that's... that's the killer. It can result in death," Martin said in an interview with OK!
Martin added: "I watched as they drew out syringe after syringe after syringe of this liquid. I was awake for this, but I was bit woozy. There was a tube that went in through my chest cavity, down into the sack around my heart."
They then pulled the fluid out and squirted it into 'a plastic beaker'.
"In the end there was about a litre and a half of stuff they took out."
Martin said doctors fear he has an underlying respiratory condition that caused the problem. He is now on antibiotics but said his liver is 'still struggling' with doctors keeping an eye on his progress. Speaking on the Jeremy Vine show yesterday, Martin said he could stay in hospital for 'weeks'.
