Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway was once rushed to hospital on Dr Hilary’s orders over heart attack fears.
The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, opened up about the concerning moment that happened in the midst of caring for her late husband Derek.
She revealed in The Sun how she ‘woke up with searing chest pain’ one morning on the way to work on ITV’s Good Morning Britain.
‘I could barely move, but I forced myself into the car. On the way in, I threw up,’ she said.
Kate added: ‘By the time I arrived at the studio, something was clearly wrong. Dr Hilary told the producers to call an ambulance.’
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Good Morning Britain’s Kate Garraway (pictured) was once rushed to hospital on Dr Hilary’s orders over heart attack fears
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The TV presenter and broadcaster, 58, opened up about the concerning moment that happened in the midst of caring for her late husband Derek (pictured)
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She revealed how she ‘woke up with searing chest pain’ one morning on the way to work on ITV ‘s Good Morning Britain. Pictured: Dr Hilary Jones
Dr Hilary Jones is a well-known TV doctor and resident GP on the daily news programme.
When Kate arrived at the hospital, medics were concerned she might be suffering from a heart attack.
‘Instead of going on air, I was in hospital, wired to machines, with doctors fearing a heart attack,’ the presenter revealed.
She was instead diagnosed with a ‘heart event’ which was put down to the prolonged toll the 24 hour care she provided for her late husband had on her own body.
Kate revealed there were ‘other signs’ of the stress she was experiencing too including ‘missed appointments’ and her autoimmune thyroid condition worsening.
Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid.
He was diagnosed with coronavirus as Britain moved towards its first national lockdown during the first weeks of the pandemic.
The virus ravaged his body and left him in a life-threatening condition, with doctors putting him in a medically induced coma and on a ventilator during his 13-month stay in hospital.
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Dr Hilary Jones (pictured) is a well-known TV doctor and resident GP on the daily news programme
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When Kate arrived at the hospital, medics were concerned she might be suffering from a heart attack
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She was instead diagnosed with a ‘heart event’ which was put down to the prolonged toll the 24 hour care she provided for her late husband had on her own body
Kate recalled being taken to hospital in her book, The Strength Of Love, in 2023.
She said: ‘There was a searing pain in my chest — as though someone had punched their fist through my breastbone, snatched hold of my heart and squeezed.
‘The pain was sharp and excruciating. Then I realised that it wasn’t a sudden onset of pain. It had been there all the time. My temporary paralysis had distracted me.
‘Then came the thought, “Oh God, was I having a heart attack?”. But why was my body reacting like this?
‘Could I be so desperate to help Derek that I’d started having sympathy pains?’
She then threw up on the way to work and was taken to A&E when she arrived at the studios.
After conducting tests a cardiologist ruled out a heart attack as a possible cause before doctor let her go home.
She also told how she burst into tears when the doctor recognised her and said she was an inspiration, before telling him: ‘I’m not doing any good for anybody.’
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Kate revealed there were ‘other signs’ of the stress she was experiencing too including ‘missed appointments’ and her autoimmune thyroid condition worsening
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Derek died at the age of 56 in January 2024 following a four-year battle with long Covid
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Kate recalled being taken to hospital in her book , The Strength Of Love, in 2023
Kate has been busy juggling a hectic work schedule, as the true extent of her debts are revealed.
She has openly discussed how she has been left with debts between £500,000 and £800,000 after caring for her late husband Derek.
As well as tackling debts related to the £16,000 a month costs for his care, a new liquidator’s report has revealed the large tax costs that are yet to be paid by Derek’s now-defunct psychotherapeutic company Astra Aspera.
The company, which was jointly controlled by Kate, went bust owing hundreds of thousands of pounds to creditors, including a large bill to HMRC.
Kate has been busy promoting her various work projects as her debts loom over her but it’s not the first time the broadcaster has had to deal with financial woes.
In 2012, two other firms jointly controlled by Derek and Kate went bust.
Fulfill Media Ltd had debts totalling £922,807, which included £88,486 owed to HMRC, £90,882 to trade creditors, and £462,808 in ‘third party loans’.
At the same time, Countrymouse Media Ltd, was liquidated owing £189,121, which included £98,944 to the taxman and £48,000 on an overdrawn directors loan account. Derek and Kate were both personally owed £24,000 each by the business.
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Kate has been busy juggling a hectic work schedule, as the true extent of her debts are revealed
In January 2024, it was reported that Kate may have to sell the home to repay her current debts with one source saying: ‘It has cost hundreds of thousands of pounds to look after Derek and do everything she could to get him better but it’s left her struggling.’
But hard-working Kate has been on a self-promotion blitz amid her latest financial woes.
Alongside her regular GMB work, the star plugged her Smooth Radio show this week, revealing she was ‘chuffed’ that the lunchtime show now reached 2.8million listeners.
She has also been teasing her signing in perhaps one of the most anticipated TV shows of year – Celebrity Traitors.
Along with the likes of Stephen Fry, Alan Carr and Jonathan Ross Kate headed to Scotland a few weeks ago to film the spin off of the smash hit BBC series.
Meanwhile, in February she was announced as the host of a new Dubai-set podcast and YouTube series – DXB Unheard.
Each of the eight episodes, which are released weekly, feature interviews with Emiratis and Dubai residents ‘who have left an indelible mark on the city.’
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She has openly discussed how she has been left with debts between £500,000 and £800,000 after caring for her late husband Derek
She filmed the series last year and has admitted that she found it ‘interesting’ to learn about how people lived their lives at a time when she was contemplating her future plans.
Kate previously revealed that Derek’s £16,000-a-month care costs eclipsed her GMB salary, admitting in a 2023 interview that she couldn’t even afford to have the heating on in October.
Speaking before her husband’s death, Kate said: ‘Derek’s care costs more than my salary from ITV and that is before you pay for a mortgage, before you pay any household bills, before you pay for anything for the kids, so we are at a crunch point.
‘I am in debt. I can’t earn enough money to cover my debt because I am managing Derek’s care and I can’t even use the money I do have to support Derek’s recovery, because it’s going on the basics all the time.’
