Former Love Island star Paul Danan has revealed that he suffered respiratory failure and had to be given CPR before being rushed to hospital last month.The ex-Hollyoaks actor, who played Sol Patrick in the soap between 1997 and 2001, collapsed at his parents’ home in an episode he believes is connected to his addiction to vaping.
Paul subsequently spent a week in intensive care at Whipps Cross Hospital in East London, where he also contracted pneumonia.
Speaking to The Sun on Sunday, Paul said: “I was dead — it’s a miracle I’m here.” He explained what led to him being admitted to hospital: “I’m upstairs puffing away on my vape then suddenly I lost my breath and collapsed.
My family called for an ambulance and started giving me CPR, then police arrived and took over before paramedics took me to hospital.” “I was on a machine in ICU and ended up with pneumonia.
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