'it's a nightmare'
Good Morning Britain guest in intensive care after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery
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GOOD Morning Britain regular Iain Dale has been rushed into intensive care.
The broadcaster will undergo emergency surgery to remove his gall bladder after suddenly falling ill.
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He told his followers: "It's a nightmare."
The 62-year-old was forced to pull out of his LBC radio show after suffering chest pains yesterday.
He initially thought he was sick with food poisoning, but his condition worsened overnight.
After three hours awaiting test results in A&E, he was told he'd need surgery.
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Political pundit Dale wrote on X: "UPDATE: Firstly, thanks for all the good wishes. I went to A&E last night at 9pm with acute pain on the right hand side of my chest.
"I am now in intensive care awaiting an operation to remove my gall bladder. Not ideal. In fact, it’s a nightmare.
"NHS care at Tunbridge Wells hospital is so far outstanding."
Dale joined LBC in 2010 and has since presented four general election night shows for the station, along with two American presidential election programmes, and the radio station's Scottish and Brexit referendum result shows.
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He is often seen offering his political punditry on Newsnight, The Andrew Marr Show and Jeremy Vine.
Dale, 62, frequently appeared on Good Morning Britain alongside Jacqui Smith to discuss the biggest stories of the day before she was made Baroness Smith of Malvern, of Malvern in the County of Worcestershire in July.
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GALLBLADDER PROBLEMS
GALLBLADDER SYMPTOMS AND TREATMENT
THE gallbladder is a small organ in the upper right area of your stomach, and helps your body to digest fatty foods.
It’s not an essential organ to humans, so is often removed if it starts to cause any health issues.
Inflammation of the gallbladder is called acute cholecystitis, and usually develops because a gallstone, a small stone of cholesterol which forms in the organ, has obstructed the cystic duct.
Symptoms include severe pain in the upper right side, a fever and nausea.
Patients with gallstones which are causing pain may have to have their gallbladder removed, and the removal procedure is known as a cholecystectomy.
It’s very common, and is performed as keyhole surgery under a general anaesthetic so that you won’t feel any pain. Find out more here.
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