Hospitalized twice since the beginning of February at the Georges-Pompidou European Hospital in Paris, Michel Drucker has only recently returned home. Initially, the host of France Télévisions had to pass some medical check-ups, after a big outbreak of fever, and resume his activities after a fortnight. "I have a warrior's mind," he told the Midi Libre from his hospital room. This medical check-up followed his operation for infective endocarditis of the mitral valve of the heart performed in September 2020.
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At the end of February, Michel Drucker had returned home, his return in "Vive dimanche" on France 3 was finally announced for mid-April. "Michel is fine, he needs to rest after these weeks of trying hospitalization. But he is already actively preparing his return," Stéphane Sitbon-Gomez, director of antennas and programs at France Télévisions, told Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France. But a month later, the 80-year-old host returned to the hospital for another heart operation after bacteria were detected in the mitral valve. The same evil as three years ago.
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Released at the end of last week, Michel Drucker spoke to Pascal Praud on RTL this Thursday. "I'm fine, I feel like a revenant, a survivor," he said in a slow, tired voice before a rehabilitation session. "I have a month of suffering because I have to recover 9 kilos of muscle, it's a lot. " The host said he was confident about his return to the air next September on France 3 for a new season of "Vive dimanche". "It's going to be a great season, I'm going to be part of the sports team that's going to compete in the 2024 Olympics."
