British TV doctor, Hilary Jones, who strongly encouraged the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19, has been diagnosed with pericarditis, an inflammation of the lining around the heart.
He frequently appeared on ITV’s Good Morning Britain programme to promote the ‘safe and effective’ covid jabs, and at one point called the refusal of the vaccine by some health professionals “unethical”.
In 2021 viewers slammed Dr Hilary Jones after he promoted giving children as young as five years old, Pfizer’s covid jab.
The 72-year-old, who was hospitalized after a heart attack scare over Christmas, appeared on ITV’s Lorraine programme this week to talk about his experience.
The Express reports: He revealed that he had been rushed to hospital over Christmas after suffering from a virus. After undergoing an ECG, which initially suggested he’d had a heart attack, Dr Hilary was diagnosed with pericarditis – an inflammation of the lining around the heart, which causes chest pain.
“Dr Hilary is with me. I know very well [that] you’ve had a health diagnosis of your own. It was a real scare, wasn’t it, Hilary?” Lorraine began. Dr Hilary replied: “It was a bit of a scare. It’s been an eventful festive period really. I’ve had an unscheduled trip in a motorcyle side car when my car had a puncture and I had to get somewhere urgently. But then I had this virus that was going around, that everybody else seems to have had, and I had a bit of pneumonia.”
He went on: “[I also had] pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the membrane around your heart. It was quite painful and I wasn’t quite sure what it was at first, but this excellent young pair of paramedics came round and did an ECG. [The] ECG was a bit scary, [it] said I had a heart attack – I hadn’t.
“We analysed the trace together and diagnosed pericarditis. They were really good. A 21-year-old guy and a slightly older lady, but they were brilliant. I was blue lighted into hospital.”
Lorraine noted: “Gosh, that must have been really weird for you. Really strange, you know,” with Dr Hilary adding: “It would be. They thought it was weird as well, like, ‘There’s Dr Hilary!'”