Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick in hospital dash with painful and swollen eye injury
Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick is suffering from a scratched cornea, and was rushed to hospital on Sunday morning (05.04.26) to get it checked out.
Emmerdale's Michelle Hardwick has been rushed to hospital with a painful and swollen eye injury.
The 50-year-old actress, who plays Vanessa Woodfield in the ITV soap, dashed to accident and emergency (A+E) on Sunday morning (05.04.26) after she developed a scratched cornea - the outer layer at the font of the eye - the night before.
Michelle showed off her red-and-swollen left eye in a selfie posted to her Instagram Stories on Tuesday (07.04.26) with the caption: "Anyone else had a scratched cornea?
"This happened Saturday night... little trip to A+E Sunday morning to be checked over."
The star - who thanked the "amazing" National Health Service (NHS) workers for their care - is taking antibiotic cream for the next "five days" to treat the injury.
And Michelle hopes her eye will be heal itself to avoid the injury throwing Emmerdale into chaos when she returns to work on Friday.
It comes after EastEnders bosses will likely be scrambling to rewrite scenes featuring Michelle Collins (Cindy Beale) after she has been left hobbling on crutches and with her right leg in a brace following a nasty injury over Easter weekend.
The BBC soap icon rushed to The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, after she hurt herself while trying to stop her dog Peggy from escaping her pals' house, and now Collins will not be able to walk for a while.
She shared shots of herself in hospital, as well as her right leg in a brace, on Instagram on Monday (06.04.26) with the caption: "#thanks #thequeenelizabethhospital @nhsnwccg @kingslynntown #norfolk .
"Fell over trying to stop Peggy bolting out the door while staying with friends in Norfolk bashed my knee , cuts and bruises. (sic)"
The actress then lauded the medical staff for their care.
She continued: "Staff were great , #efficient #kind despite apparently very low on hospital league table I would never have known from the service I got .
"Seems so unfair to label a hospital like this not great for morale as one of the lovely nurses said . Happy Easter xx (sic)."
Collins tagged EastEnders in the post, and told them that she will need to be "sitting down scenes this week!".
She was in Norfolk to scatter her beloved dog Humphrey's ashes on a beach he adored.
Collins announced his death, via Instagram, on March 20.
