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Bacon says his oxygen fell into ‘die or brain damage’ range before recovery

By Egleze Editorial Desk · Published August 6, 2026 · Begin Again with Davina McCall · Richard Bacon: Headlines, Addiction & Love “I Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Her”
Bacon says his oxygen fell into ‘die or brain damage’ range before recovery
Begin Again with Davina McCall
Begin Again with Davina McCall
Richard Bacon: Headlines, Addiction & Love “I Wouldn’t Be Alive Without Her”

What was said

""My blood oxygen went to 58. If you go below 60 you either die or get brain damage. Yeah. And I'm not dead.""

Bacon says clinicians later told him his blood oxygen saturation dropped to 58 during the same hospitalisation, which he describes as entering a "die or brain damage" zone. He says he turned blue and that staff expected him to die, before a treatment "kicked in" and he recovered.

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