I Lost My Memory- Actor Zack Orji Shares Details About His Brain Surgeries
Zack Orji has opened up about his health issues, putting an end to the speculations that have been circulating in various online news outlets.
Recall that amidst battling his ailment, which required him to undergo two surgeries in December 2023, rumours of his death spread like wildfire on the internet, only to be proven false.
In a recent interview with Channels Television, Orji revealed that he collapsed in December 2023 and remained unconscious for approximately five hours until he was rescued by Benedict Johnson.
“I’m here in the UK to see my doctor, Doctor John. I had two surgeries back in Nigeria, two brain surgeries because I slumped in the bathroom. I can only say that it’s by the grace of God that I’m alive today because I passed out. I was out for like five and a half hours before help came,” he shared.
“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.
He also remembered the time when he suffered from memory loss and was unable to identify his visitors during his hospital stay.
According to him, when the Minister of Women Affairs, the first lady, and other well-wishers came to visit him, he couldn’t recognize them at that particular moment.
“Immediately before the surgery I couldn’t recognise people I couldn’t remember them while we were talking, it was my wife who told me who came. But immediately after the surgery, I could recognise people,” he said.
Orji revealed that the reason he underwent two surgeries was because the blood clots were not fully eliminated the first time.
“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.
