A SNP MP was rushed to hospital in excruciating pain after suffering a serious fall in parliament.
Allan Dorans, MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock, fractured his leg in the accident at Westminster yesterday afternoon.
The 66-year-old politician taken by ambulance to St Thomas Hospital in London and X-rays confirmed he had suffered a serious fracture of his femur.
Dorans, who has served his constituency since 2019, will undergo surgery in a few days and stay in hospital for one week to recover.
Sharing a picture from his hospital bed, the former South Ayrshire councillor said he was in agony but morphine was helping to ease the pain of the tumble.
He said: "Not good news. Had a fall in Parliament this afternoon and taken to hospital by ambulance.
"X-rays have confirmed a serious fracture of my femur where it joins my hip.
"Excruciating pain but morphine helping a bit.
"Operation in a couple of day followed by about a week of post op recovery here in St Thomas’s Hospital in London.
"My son Peter is on his way here tonight so should be okay for anything I may need."
It comes after the MP was admitted to Ayr Hospital in October last year with a 'severe and debilitating' bout of Covid-19.
He received treatment and expressed his gratitude to NHS staff who assisted his recovery.
In a statement at the time thanking the medics and his constituents for their well wishes, Dorans cited the 'serious effects of covid' and said his illness "should serve as a reminder that Covid is still very much with us and still has the potential to do serious harm".
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