Former Coronation Street star Lisa George has been in hospital after falling unwell. The 56-year-old actress, best known for playing Beth Tinker in the ITV soap, shared the news with her followers on Instagram.
Iron Infusion Treatment
Lisa is now receiving help for her low iron levels, which can cause symptoms including dizziness, headaches, heart palpitations and persistent fatigue. She has undergone an iron infusion, a procedure that delivers liquid iron directly into the bloodstream through a cannula.
On her Instagram Stories, Lisa shared a picture of herself during the infusion and wrote: 'Finally having the first of my iron infusions. I have pushed and pushed for this after showing anaemia and low iron and haemoglobin levels. You have to shout the loudest to get anywhere.'
Previous Health Challenges
Lisa permanently lost part of the sight in her right eye after a gardening accident in 2016, when a heavy knot at the end of a piece of rope hit her in the face. Six years later, in 2022, she was driving home after celebrating former co-star Katie McGlynn's 29th birthday when her left eye went 'really weird'.
She has since been diagnosed with a condition called NAION – non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy – which causes sudden vision loss in one eye.
Departure from Coronation Street
Lisa played Beth Tinker in Corrie from 2011 to 2024, with her character leaving Weatherfield after a blackmail plot involving DC Kit Green (Jacob Roberts). Reflecting on her departure, she said: 'I've been on Corrie a long time but you know what? It's flown. It's really difficult to comprehend how many years I've been here, because it hasn't computed at all.'
'You get so engrossed in this world and it is timeless. It feels like you've only been here a year or two years or something. When you think about people doing 25 years or over 50 years you can easily see how that can happen.'
'Unusually Beth's departure was my final scene of filming, often we film out of order but as I filmed it I knew Beth was leaving and it was my final scene on the cobbles,' Lisa explained. 'Halfway through when he called the cab to stop, and they got out I actually got really, quite tearful. I cried afterwards because it's been this huge part of my life for such a long time.'
