Madonna was in an induced cօma for 48 hours due to lung and kidney failure
Madonna has revealed that she was placed in an induced coma for 48 hours after suffering both kidney and lung failure.
Back in June 2023, she was admitted to hospital with a bacterial infection that saw her forced to postpone her Celebration World Tour – and now she has admitted she had to be “dragged” to the emergency room.
During a passionate speech at her latest gig, the Hung Up hitmaker said:
“There are some very important people in the room tonight that were with me at the hospital. There’s one very important woman who dragged me to the hospital.
“I don’t even remember. I passed out on my bathroom floor and woke up in the ICU… I was in an induced coma for 48 hours. She saved my life. Thank you Shavawn,” she said, referencing her friend in the audience.
The songstress also thanked her Kabbalah teacher, who sat at her bedside throughout her health struggle. Kabbalah is a mystical side of Judaism, which Madonna has followed since 1996.
She revealed: “The only voice I heard was his. I heard him say, ‘Squeeze my hand’. When I first became conscious and I saw my six incredible children sitting around me…
By the way, I had to almost die to get all my kids in one room!”
She welcomed her first daughter, Lourdes Leon, with ex-partner Carlos Leon, in 1996. Madonna then gave birth to her eldest son Rocco with ex-husband Guy Ritchie in 2000.
Then she went on to adopt David in 2006, Chifundo ‘Mercy’ James in 2009, and twins Stella and Estere in 2017.
Madonna elaborated on stage in Paris: “I was in the hospital. I was in the ICU. My lungs weren’t working, I wasn’t breathing on my own.
My kidneys were failing. I was infected with some bacteria that nobody knows about. And there is a 40% mortality rate.