Lorraine star Dr Hilary Jones has revealed a life-changing diagnosis after a “scary” hospital dash. ITV’s resident doctor spoke to host Lorraine Kellyabout his recent health troubles on Tuesday (January 20).

He revealed that he had been rushed to hospital over Christmas after suffering from a virus. After undergoing an ECG, which initially suggested he’d had a heart attack, Dr Hilary was diagnosed with pericarditis – an inflammation of the lining around the heart, which causes chest pain.

“Dr Hilary is with me. I know very well [that] you’ve had a health diagnosis of your own. It was a real scare, wasn’t it, Hilary?” Lorraine began. Dr Hilary replied: “It was a bit of a scare. It’s been an eventful festive period really. I’ve had an unscheduled trip in a motorcyle side car when my car had a puncture and I had to get somewhere urgently. But then I had this virus that was going around, that everybody else seems to have had, and I had a bit of pneumonia.”

He went on: “[I also had] pericarditis, which is an inflammation of the membrane around your heart. It was quite painful and I wasn’t quite sure what it was at first, but this excellent young pair of paramedics came round and did an ECG. [The] ECG was a bit scary, [it] said I had a heart attack – I hadn’t.

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