Nollywood veteran Zack Orji has shared his experience leading up to two surgeries following his collapse in December 2023.
During an interview with Channels Television, Orji disclosed that he remained unconscious for five hours after slumping in his house before receiving assistance.
He recounted slumping in the bathroom and attributed his survival solely to the grace of God. Fortunately, he was discovered by a friend who quickly rushed him to the nearest hospital.
“My friend Ahmed was in the UK at the time and the people in the house called him to say that they had been knocking on my door since morning and had not been receiving any response. So he called another colleague, Benedict Johnson who rushed to the house and there I was on the floor incoherent. I couldn’t even stand because when he raised me, I slumped again,” said the actor.
Zack Orji revealed that he could not recognise people or remember them before surgery but all that changed after undergoing two successful brain surgeries.
“On the first of January, the first surgery was carried out you can see the mark here. I kept going for different kinds of scans for about a month thereafter and when I went for another scan and they discovered that they were still some residue of a blood clot in my brain. So they had to do a second surgery by the same doctor and they were able to scoop out all the blood clots,” he revealed.
