Australian television icon Bert Newton has been released from hospital.
Facing media outside Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital the 78-year-old said he was feeling better than he did, before joking about his conditions. “The dandruff is gone and the ingrown toenail is looking much better, so everything’s fine” Bert Newton joked.
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One a more serious note he then went on to say he did feel so much better than when he was admitted to hospital a week ago. Bert was treated for pneumonia and anaemia. He explained how he was given ‘quite a bit of blood’ and iron, and every inch of his body was looked at.
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“Pneumonia is not a very nice thing,” Bert said, explaining it was the third time he’d had it, but he was confident the doctors were giving him a clean bill of health. “I know they wouldn’t let me go unless I was ready to go… when I say ready to go I mean home, not beyond.”
Wife Patty picked him up from the hospital and said it was great to have him back and said they’s had lots of support with people wishing them well. “We thank all of those people,” Patty said.
While leaving hospital Bert was showing off some of the gifts he’d been given during his hospital stay; bracelets made for him by his grandchildren.