GOOD Morning Britain’s Dr Hilary Jones has spoken of the moment he told Kate Garraway to call an ambulance for her sick husband Derek Draper.
Dr Hilary, who works alongside Kate on the ITV breakfast show, urged Kate to call 999 after speaking to her about Derek’s deteriorating condition.
Recalling the moment, he told GMB viewers today: “He had been deteriorating, his symptoms weren’t typical of any means and Kate was worried, so of course she called a colleague at work.
“I’m very very happy to help in those situations, as I have in the past with other people, that’s what I do.
“I spoke to Kate and she was concerned about whether she should call an ambulance.
“I said, ‘Is it possible to speak to Derek?’ I spoke to Derek and I was quite concerned, just the way he was speaking and his breathlessness.”
Dr Hilary asked Derek to do “a very simple test”, which he stressed is not a “diagnostic test for Covid”.
He asked Kate’s husband to see how long he could hold his breath for.
“It was less than 10 seconds,” Hilary said. “I said to Kate, ‘Look, this is time to call an ambulance. He is very breathless, significantly breathless’.”
Derek was then admitted to hospital in London and has remained in a coma in intensive care for the past 10 weeks.
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