TV presenter Charlie Webster who contracted malaria in Brazil during the Olympics is finally out of hospital after a “month of hell”.
Miss Webster was left fighting for her life after contracting a rare strain of the disease after travelling to Rio as a Team GB ambassador.
The former Sky Sports and ITV presenter was put into a medically induced coma after falling ill five weeks ago.
The 33-year-old tweeted yesterday to tell fans she was “out of hospital, alive and finally recovering”.
She went on to thank medics in Rio and at St James’s Hospital in Leeds who “literally saved her life”.
The TV star wrote: “A big thank you to the doctor's in Rio and to the exceptional NHS and all the wonderful staff at St James for literally saving my life.”
She also thanked fans, friends and family for their support.
Miss Webster added: “I am so grateful for all your messages of support and to my family and friends who have been by my side throughout. Massive love.”
The presenter had just completed a 3,000-mile charity cycle ride from London to Rio when she fell ill.
She was initially treated for dehydration but her condition quickly deteriorated.
Doctors diagnosed a very rare strain of malaria and medical specialists are now trying to find out where she may have caught the disease.
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