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Richard Bacon recalls consultant saying he needed an induced coma

Begin Again with Davina McCall · Richard Bacon: Headlines, Addiction & Love “I Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Her” · August 6, 2026
Richard Bacon recalls consultant saying he needed an induced coma
Begin Again with Davina McCall
Begin Again with Davina McCall
Richard Bacon: Headlines, Addiction & Love “I Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Her”
""We've looked at your chest X-ray, it's bad, we need to put you into a coma.""
Richard Bacon recalls a consultant at Lewisham telling him his chest X-ray was bad and that he needed to be put into a coma. He says he was told it would happen within 20 minutes, prompting him to call family before he was sedated shortly afterwards.
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Richard Bacon: Headlines, Addiction & Love “I Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Her”

August 6, 2026 · 1h 13m · 4 Egleze moments
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