Homes Under The Hammer’s Martin Roberts reveals he was hospitalised with a serious skin infection after being ‘refused medication by a pharmacist’
- The presenter, 58, suffers with cellulitis, is a painful skin infection which can turn serious and spread to other parts of the body if not urgently treated
Homes Under The Hammer host Martin Roberts was hospitalised over the weekend after suffering a serious skin infection.
Martin, 58, had been enjoying a camping trip but was forced to spend six hours in the A&E department at Poole Hospital when his cellulitis flared up.
Cellulitis is a painful skin infection which can turn serious and spread to other parts of the body, such as the blood, muscles and bone, if not urgently treated with antibiotics.
Hospitalised: Homes Under The Hammer host Martin Roberts rushed himself to hospital on Saturday with a serious skin infection after being ‘refused medication by a pharmacist’
Martin revealed that as he has struggled with the condition before he has a prescription for antibiotics, but says he was turned away when he attempted to collect the dose from a pharmacist, resulting in his A&E dash.
Tweeting from his hospital bed, Martin penned: ‘Bloody cellulitis has flared up again and it’s spread to my other leg too.
‘The chemists wouldn’t give me the antibiotics I’d been prescribed, despite seeing my leg, due to a “system error” and no recognition of how serious this is. Thank you so much @LloydsPharmacy so A&E 4me’.
A Lloyds Pharmacy spokesperson said: ‘We are very sorry to hear about Martin’s experience at one of our pharmacies this weekend. Our customer care team have been in touch directly to gather some more information and we are also investigating this further internally. We wish Martin a speedy recovery.’
Property expert: Martin is best known for presenting Homes Under The Hammer (pictured above with Lucy Alexander)
Ouch! Keeping his Twitter followers updated, the presenter penned: ‘Bloody cellulitis has flared up again and it’s spread to my other leg too’ – alongside an image of his swollen leg
The property expert kept his fans updated every step of the way, vlogging from A&E where he was briefly left bed-bound and hooked to an IV drip.
To show the severity of his condition, Martin also posted an image of his swollen foot.
Yet he kept his spirits up as he joked that it was a ‘great first night’ of his camping holiday and called the staff ‘lovely’.
Ouch: Martin, 58, had been enjoying a camping trip but was forced to spend six hours in the A&E department at Poole Hospital when his cellulitis flared up
Bed-bound: Martin joked that it was a ‘great first night’ of his camping holiday and called the staff ‘lovely’
Addressing his 28,000 followers, Martin mused: ‘It’s now 2:30 in the morning and I’m still here. But I need to tell you something really funny in the midst of all this!
‘I was joking about the fact my cannula is leaking and it’s a full moon tonight. The nurse came back and took some more blood and she’s from Romania – and I think Transylvania is in Romania isn’t it?
‘And we were laughing because she said, “You’ve got very nice veins!”‘
Painful: Cellulitis is a painful skin infection which can turn serious and spread to other parts of the body, such as the blood, muscles and bon, if not urgently treated with antibiotics
Hooray! By 4am, the entrepreneur had been discharged and he treated himself to a sought-after McDonalds
By 4am, the entrepreneur had been discharged and he treated himself to a sought-after McDonalds.
Martin was keen to thank everyone for their well wishes, saying they ‘kept him going’.
Fans flooded his comments to continue showing their support.
WHAT IS CELLULITIS?
- A common, potentially serious bacterial skin infection
- The affected skin appears swollen and red and is typically painful and warm to the touch
- It usually affects the skin on the lower legs, but it can occur in the face, arms and other areas
- It occurs when a crack or break in your skin allows bacteria to enter
- You should seek medical attention if you have a red, swollen, tender rash or a rash that’s changing rapidly OR
- You have a fever
- You can prevent it by:
- Washing your wound daily with soap and water
- Applying a protective cream or ointment
- Applying a protective cream or ointment
- Watching for signs of infection
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