Good Morning Britain guest in intensive care after being rushed to hospital for emergency surgery
GOOD Morning Britain regular Iain Dale has been rushed into intensive care.
The broadcaster will be forced to undergo emergency surgery to remove his gall bladder.
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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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.
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.