Olly Murs has revealed that doctors told him he had to make it to London within "hours" after being struck down with blood poisoning sepsis.
The singer dashed to the capital for an emergency procedure after a knee operation to insert a metal plate left him with an infection.
Olly was rushed into hospital for the emergency procedure, telling that he had the surgeons had a tight window in which to operate.
He recalled to The Sun that a surgeon had told him: "You need to come into London now. We need to operate within the next couple of hours.
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