This Morning star rushed to hospital with horror burns from hot water bottle
This Morning medic burnt himself after falling asleep with hot water bottle on his leg.
A This Morning guest medic has been rushed to hospital with horrific burns after scalding himself on a hot water bottle.
Taking to Instagram Stories, Dr David McLaughlan shared a selfie from his bed at London's Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, plus his bandaged leg and the gaping burn wound he sustained after falling asleep with the warm compress against his leg.
The psychiatrist captioned the shot of himself: "It’s true... Doctors really do make the worst patients."
Showing his leg bandaged up and the huge, gruesome burn wound, he explained: "It sounds ridiculous but I basically slow cooked my leg overnight after falling asleep with a hot water bottle against on my leg.
"Ended up with full thickness burn down to the muscle."
Finding humour in the aftermath of the terrifying experience, David shared a photo of himself with his bandaged leg in the air, and joked: "Nae dancing the for foreseeable, but still laughing."
He continued: "Moral of the story, watch out for prolonged exposure burns from hot water bottles!
"Especially with young children or elderly grannies like me who obviously have paper thin skin!"
As the TV star's burn is currently "too deep" for a skin graft, medics have given him "artificial skin" over the muscle to allow new blood vessels to form, ahead of the surgical procedure next month.
David went on to praise the medics and the "world-class burns unit" at Chelsea and Westminster Hospital, where he worked as a junior doctor straight out of medical school.
He wrote: "The staff are inspirational and used to dealing with much more serious issues than my hot water bottle incident!
"Some of the surgeons I worked for as a junior doctor are still here."
Last year, David appeared on This Morning, where he took live calls from viewers about alcohol.
Taking to LinkedIn, he described the experience as "intense" because of the fast-paced nature of live TV.
On Instagram, he added: "Every now and then, I do bits and pieces of media.
"Live television with @thismorning was possibly one of the most terrifying things I’ve done, but also great fun, answering viewers questions live on air. (sic)"
