Interestingly Cheryl Cole is reported to have been in a private BUPA Cromwell Road hospital before being transferred to an NHS hospital to get the specialist treatment required.
Cheryl Cole has pledged her gratitude to the team of NHS doctors that ‘saved her life’ when she contracted malaria.
After collapsing at a photo shoot, the X Factor judge was initially admitted to the intensive care at West London’s Cromwell Hospital, before being transferred to the tropical diseases unit at University College London Hospital. She has since thanked the staff there and particularly boss Professor Peter Chiodini, for helping her recuperate from the disease.
The 27-year-old said: “I want to say how grateful I am for everything you guys have done. I wouldn’t be here now, if it wasn’t for you.”
A friend told The Mirror:
“The situation was looking very bleak at one point. Her blood count was dangerously low, she had fluid on her lungs and she was jaundiced.
“But she was in the best possible place. The doctors there are first class and Cheryl knew afterwards she virtually owes her life to them.”
Cole is now believed to be considering making a sizeable donation to the specialist team at UCLH.
The friend said: “It’s something she’s giving serious thought to. She is so grateful for their expertise and care.”
