Danniella Westbrook reveals she's having £500k surgery for free on the NHS
26.04.2022 - 22:15
/ ok.co.uk
Danniella Westbrook has revealed her latest plastic surgery, which costs £500,000, will be free on the NHS. The former EastEnders actress, 48, said she needs the procedures "to survive" and surgeons have said the entire process will cost a whopping half a million pounds. Danniella, who recently suffered heartbreak following the death of her beloved dog Bruno, will go under the knife for five surgeries, which comes after her collapsed nose has left her struggling to breathe and suffering other complications.
After seven years of trying to find a doctor willing to take on her complicated facial reconstruction, the star was starting to give up on ever being able to afford it. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter . It was only when the mum-of-two was rushed to hospital with a cold over Christmas that there was finally a light at the end of the tunnel.
"I've spent the last seven years trying to get somebody to do it," Danniella told The Sun. "But they said no in case it failed and they got struck off. "Plastic surgeons wanted £500,000 to change my face, so I thought I was never going to get it done.
It was only because I went into intensive care before Christmas." Recalling how she couldn't breathe due to a build-up of fluid from her cold, Danniella explained that one night she fell asleep and struggled so much that she ended up in the intensive care unit. The star explained that she was finally put in front of the "right doctors" at Aintree Hospital in Liverpool, otherwise she'd "still be waiting" for the life changing surgeries. "That's why I'm doing this.
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