Zac Efron reportedly “rushed to hospital” during filming for new TV series in Papua New Guinea

The incident has been described as a “life or death emergency”.

The 32-year-old High School Musical actor was “rushed to hospital” after contracting a deadly infection while filming his new series, Killing Zac Efron, in Papua New Guinea, reports The Sunday Telegraph.

[ad-a]

Zac Efron was allegedly airlifted to hospital due to a “life or death medical emergency”

According to reports, Efron contracted a “form of typhoid or similar bacterial infection” which triggered “a life or death medical emergency”, just before Christmas. The American star was reportedly airlifted from a filming location in Papua New Guinea to a hospital in Brisbane, Australia, where he received emergency treatment. Efron was allegedly admitted to St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill “in a stable condition”. He then stayed there for a few days, before being permitted to fly back home to the US on Christmas Eve.

[ad-b]


Director of Medical Rescue, Dr Glenn McKaw, who is believed to have overseen Efron’s flight to Brisbane, refused to discuss a specific patient’s case. He did, however, tell The Sunday Telegraph that they “retrieved a US citizen in his 30s from PNG to Brisbane for medical attention in Australia.” This “US citizen” is now widely believed to be Efron.

These reports – none of which have been confirmed by Efron or his people – are only coming in today, and it is believed that Efron is now at home in the US, recovering.

Efron is filming Killing Zac Efron