Rosie Marcel was rushed to hospital for surgery.
Holby City star Rosie Marcel rushed to hospital (C) Rosie Marcel/Instagram
The 45-year-old actress - who is best known for her long-running role as cardiothoracic surgeon Jac Naylor in the BBC medical drama 'Holby City' - took to Instagram on Thursday (05.06.22) to reveal she had to go to hospital, where she went under the knife the following day.
Alongside a photo of herself in the hospital bed, she wrote: "Ended up at the old emergency room the other night. Stoke mandeville is my new local ish hospital and they were brilliant. Ambulance crew were amazing too!(sic)"
Rosie - who starred as Jac in the medical drama from 2005 up until its final episode aired in March this year - explained she had surgery "the next day" and was swiftly home, as she praised the NHS for taking care of her.
She added: "Ambulance crew were amazing too. Had surgery the next day and home soon after that. Very very grateful to the nhs for looking after me and treating me quickly. #fentanyl #morphine all the good stuff!!! #nhs (sic)"
Rosie's trip to hospital comes just weeks after the final episode of 'Holby City', which saw her own character undergo a life-or-death operation to remove her brain tumour which eventually saw the fan favourite pass away after suffering a stroke in the arms of her colleague and friend Sacha, played by Bob Barrett.
After the final episode had aired, Rosie - who is married to gym owner Ben Stacey and has seven-year-old daughter Beau with him - wrote on Instagram: "Thank you all again from the bottom of my heart for all your incredible support of our incredible show and me!"
'Holby City' was launched by the BBC in 1999 as a spin-off show to fellow medical drama 'Casualty', but producers made the "difficult" decision to axe it earlier this year "to make room for new opportunities" at the BBC.