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Mark Rodden 8y

David Ginola 'doing well' after quadruple heart bypass operation

Former France international David Ginola is "doing well" after undergoing a life-saving quadruple heart bypass operation overnight, according to his surgeon.

Ginola, 49, was airlifted to hospital after collapsing while playing football on Thursday.

There were initially conflicting reports about his well-being, with a tweet from his official Twitter account on Thursday merely confirming that he was in hospital "for some tests."

However, it was confirmed on Friday that the former Paris Saint-Germain, Newcastle United and Tottenham Hotspur winger had undergone a quadruple bypass operation that went on into the early hours of Friday morning.

Dr Gilles Dreyfus, who carried out the procedure at a specialist centre in Monaco, said that Ginola had suffered no neurological after-effects as a result of the trauma.

He also confirmed that the 1999 PFA and Football Writers' player of the year had woken up late on Friday morning.

"He's groggy and remembers nothing but he's doing well," Dreyfus told Nice Matin. "I was able to talk to him."

Dreyfus said Ginola had arrived "in a catastrophic state" on Thursday night.

"He didn't have a heart attack. But he had very complicated coronary lesions that necessitated a quadruple bypass."

Dreyfus said his team worked from 7 p.m. until past 1 a.m. to save Ginola.

He also paid tribute to the people who gave Ginola a cardiac massage on the pitch as well as the medics who got him to the hospital.

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