Indian actor Shreyas Talpade has opened up about the harrowing health scare he recently went through.
The actor had a heart attack after which he was shifted to the hospital where he had an angioplasty. He says that for a short time, he was clinically dead, but he has recovered now.
“I was short of breath and pain started in my left hand. I hurriedly walked to the vanity van and changed my clothes,” he said, adding that initially, he thought he had strained a muscle during an action scene.
“I have never faced such a dangerous situation, however as I was sitting I thought that I should go to the hospital immediately, but then I thought that I should go home first.”
When his wife Deepti saw him in this condition, they left for the hospital within 10 minutes.
The actor said that he collapsed as soon as he reached the hospital gate, suffering a heart attack.
“I was clinically dead for a few minutes,” Shreyas Talpade said.
Clinical death means the cessation of blood flow and respiration when the heart stops beating normally.
Shreyas said, “I have never entered the hospital, I have never seen this situation.”
He advised fans not to take their health for granted.
“Jaan hai toh jahan hai. Such an experience changes your outlook on life,” he firmly stated.