This Morning star Dr Ranj Singh has revealed he was taken into hospital after sustaining a head injury following an accident over Christmas.
The 45-year-old GP and TV personality is known to many for offering medical advice as This Morning’s resident doctor from 2016 to 2021, as well as appearing on the 16th season of Strictly Come Dancing.
On 28 December, Singh shared a selfie of himself with a bandage across his forehead along with the caption: “Not quite how I planned to spend my Saturday night.” The selfie appeared to be taken in the hospital’s waiting room.
After he was inundated with messages of support and concern, he took steps to clarify the cryptic post.
“Apologies, [I] should have explained…” he wrote. “I slipped and face-planted the pavement… earned myself five lovely stitches.
“All sorted though! And thank you for the messages of concern.”
The medic had shared a message filled with hope and optimism just days before the incident as posted a picture of himself pouting in a red Santa hat with the caption: “If, however or wherever you might be spending it… big Xmas kisses to you all! Let’s use it as a chance to spread a bit more kindness and joy.”
Earlier this year, Dr Singh denied losing his medical licence after rumours began circulating on social media. After departing This Morning, he claimed to have been “managed out” of ITV after raising concerns about the broadcaster’s work culture.
“Please ignore the people on social media claiming I’ve ‘lost my medical licence’,” his statement began, before noting that the rumour was “completely untrue”.
Dr Singh explained: “I intentionally put my Licence To Practise on hold earlier this year because I’m taking a bit of time off clinical work to pursue other projects (as you might have seen!).”
He continued his statement: “It just takes a couple of months for the process to complete.
“It’s perfectly normal for doctors to do this, and there is no other reason involved.”
Concluding his message, Dr Singh wrote: “And I’m still very much a GMC-registered doctor.”
He has opened up about his career shift towards performing in the musical &Juliet as Lance, and acknowledged that it is vastly different to the skills people know him best for.
“I know it’s a bit of a change from my usual work, but not many people will know how hard I’ve been working behind the scenes to make this happen,’ Dr Ranj told Pink News on Monday (20 May).
“It’s an absolute dream come true.”
