Overview
- Her management confirmed on her official website that doctors placed the 74-year-old singer in an induced coma to support healing and asked for privacy.
- She underwent emergency bowel surgery at a hospital in Faro, with initial updates saying the operation went well before Portuguese newspapers reported a worsening infection.
- A Europe tour due to start May 22 now looks uncertain, and the German PR agency says existing plans remain in place until first-hand information is available.
- Tabloid outlets cite a report that she suffered a cardiac arrest during an attempted wake-up, which has not been verified by her team or doctors.
- An induced coma is a controlled state using medicines to lower brain activity so the body can rest and fight serious complications after major surgery.