Overview
- The former Coronation Street actor shared a hospital photo on Instagram on January 29 to highlight Stroke Prevention Day.
- He urged people to check their blood pressure, calling it the biggest risk factor and noting it causes about half of strokes.
- Fountain recounted waking with impaired speech in August 2022 and spending five days in a London hospital after a TIA caused by a blood clot.
- Subsequent tests identified a hole in his heart, and he later said he had cardiac surgery in May 2023.
- He expressed support for The Stroke Association and received a wave of supportive comments from followers.