Jeremy Clarkson has made a major career move shortly after he was rushed to hospital for ‘painful’ treatment, which happened hours after he called the NHS a ‘creaking monster’
Television personality Jeremy Clarkson has launched a major career move just weeks after revealing he required emergency medical treatment.
The 65 year old Clarkson’s Farm star has registered a new company following a visit to an NHS hospital – hours after he had described the National Health Service as a “creaking monster”.
In what appears to be a reference to his recent health struggles, he has named the enterprise Still Breathing.
The exact nature of the company’s operations remains unclear. Documents filed at Companies House describe the business as “security dealing on own account”.
The firm was registered on October 22, reports Wales Online. Last month, Jeremy revealed he was rushed to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford for “painful” treatment.
Writing in his Sunday Times column, he said: “The treatment was Defcon 1 painful. They had to peel me off the ceiling with a spatula afterwards and I was forced to stay the night, but it was OK.
“I’m not going to tell you what was wrong, because that’s none of your business.”
Despite his earlier criticism of the organisation, Jeremy also commended the NHS for the care he received.
The episode occurred a year after the former Top Gear and The Grand Tour presenter underwent emergency heart surgery.
Jeremy had reported feeling “clammy”, experiencing “tightness in his chest” along with “pins and needles” in his left arm after returning from holiday. He subsequently required two stents to be fitted, a procedure that reopens narrowed or blocked arteries.
In his column, he revealed: “I certainly wasn’t having a heart attack. But if it hadn’t looked that way, I never would have been sent to hospital.”
Jeremy was holidaying in the Indian Ocean when he had to “take a moment to make sure my limbs were working properly” upon standing up. He also found swimming challenging and struggled to ascend a flight of stairs “without holding someone’s hand”.
He added: “These problems all manifested themselves in one day, which made the rest of my holiday extremely relaxing because all I did was sit in a chair drinking wine and eating cheese.
“Back at home, though, the sudden deterioration began to gather pace. I woke on Wednesday morning not feeling too good. I was clammy and there was a tightness in my chest.
“It seems that of the arteries feeding my heart with nourishing blood, one was completely blocked and the second of three was heading that way.
“The next morning I went home, and here I am, two hours later, writing this and sort of thinking, ‘Crikey, that was close’.”
