Shakira is facing fresh heartbreak in the wake of her mum being taken to hospital as a matter of “urgency” after being found to have a blood clot in her leg.
Her mother, Nidia Ripoll, was initially believed to have had a stroke but had since been diagnosed with a blood clot that’s reportedly linked to deep vein thrombosis.
Sources close to the singer confirmed the nature of Shakira’s mother’s hospitalisation to American Spanish-language TV broadcaster Telemundo.
Apparently the condition has not affected Nidia’s brain, but Shakira is yet to comment on her mother’s health. She was taken to hospital on Friday, 17 March, and is now thought to be “out of danger”.
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