Coronation Street star Chris Fountain applauded by Gemma Atkinson as he shares emotional news after suffering stroke
manchestereveningnews.co.ukFormer Coronation Street star has been applauded by the likes of Gemma Atkinson and Adam Thomas as he shared an emotional health update months after suffering a mini stroke.
The soap star, who is known for playing Tommy Duckworth in the ITV soap as well as Justin Burton in Channel 4's Hollyoaks, suffered a mini stroke in August last year and spent five days in a London hospital after waking up at home unable to speak properly.
Opening up about his terrifying health scare in October 2022, Chris recalled how he was left "speaking like a toddler" before doctors discovered he had suffered a Transient Ischaemic Attack (TIA) – also known as a mini stroke – after a blood clot lodged in his brain.
After several days of tests at a specialist stroke unit at the Royal London Hospital, medics determined the actor had a hole in his heart which had caused the blood clot to travel to his brain, triggering the stroke. READ MORE: Join the FREE Manchester Evening News WhatsApp community Chris, 35, has since dedicated himself to raising awareness of the condition and on Sunday (April 23), completed the London Marathon to raise money for the Stroke Association.
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