Former Coronation Street star Beverley Callard was rushed into an ambulance after collapsing on the set of the Irish soap Fair City. The 69-year-old, who famously played Liz McDonald in ITV soap Corrie, is battling breast cancer and has been sent home from work to rest after her harrowing ordeal.
Lost consciousness for 10 minutes
Bev is currently waiting for the results of a biopsy on her stomach, and said her blood pressure was “through the roof” when she was checked over by paramedics. She told fans on social media: “I've been at work this week, filming the most amazing scenes. Really good, great scripts, working with people who are so good, but good fun as well.
“And it was all going swimmingly, and then today, I've no idea what happened to me, but I was all ready to start a new scene with Emily, who plays my daughter, and we just sat there getting ready, about to run lines, and I lost consciousness for a few minutes, maybe 10 minutes, which was very odd.
“Because of protocol, they had to check me out and everything. An ambulance came. I desperately didn't want to go to hospital.”
Recovered and resting
The actress added: “I recovered and felt fine again but I can't explain what it was. I was boiling hot. I seemed to lose 10 minutes but I don't know why. I was checked out by the ambulance men and everything and they were happy to let me come home as long as I rested.
“So I've got rest all weekend but now, I have to tell you, I feel a complete fraud because I'm home and I feel perfectly normal. The only thing that did happen was my blood pressure was through the roof but obviously I've not been right since the radiotherapy.
“But aside from that, I don't know what's going on. But I'm at the hospital again next week, so I'll probably know more, and I'm awaiting the results of these other tests and the biopsies they've taken from my stomach.
“So, that's it really. As I say, I feel a bit of a fraud, but the dogs know I'm poorly, they won't leave me alone again. So, there we go. If anybody else has had this, please let me know, because I don't know what's going on with me at all. Lots of love.”
Doctors advise rest
Doctors have advised Beverley to rest after telling her she is “overdoing it” during her battle with breast cancer. She confirmed: “I don't know the actual prognosis yet, I see my oncologist again in two weeks' time. So I'll know more then, but I'm doing well.”
