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03/10/2005
Best in 'serious but improving' condition
Northern Ireland football legend George Best is in a "serious but improving" condition after being admitted to a London hospital suffering from a kidney infection.
The former Manchester United star, who is being treated in the intensive care unit of Cromwell Hospital, was admitted with flu-like symptoms at the weekend but became "seriously ill" and is being treated with antibiotics.
The 59-year-old Belfast man is said to be responding well to treatment since admission on Saturday.
Best, who had a liver transplant in 2002, is no stranger to controversy. Despite warnings to avoid alchohol following the transplant, he was banned from driving in 2004 for a drink-driving conviction.
Earlier this year, police cautioned his then lover, Ros Hollidge, over an alleged assault on him. A week later he himself was released on police bail following questioning over an alleged assault.
(MB/SP)
The former Manchester United star, who is being treated in the intensive care unit of Cromwell Hospital, was admitted with flu-like symptoms at the weekend but became "seriously ill" and is being treated with antibiotics.
The 59-year-old Belfast man is said to be responding well to treatment since admission on Saturday.
Best, who had a liver transplant in 2002, is no stranger to controversy. Despite warnings to avoid alchohol following the transplant, he was banned from driving in 2004 for a drink-driving conviction.
Earlier this year, police cautioned his then lover, Ros Hollidge, over an alleged assault on him. A week later he himself was released on police bail following questioning over an alleged assault.
(MB/SP)
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