Bonnie Tyler, 75, has woken up from coma in Portuguese hospital after ‘suffering cardiac arrest’ but she remains ‘seriously ill’

‘When there is any further news of Bonnie’s condition then we will issue another statement but ask that the media cease to speculate or publish wild rumours, which simply serve to upset her family, friends, and many fans, and ask again for privacy and decency at this difficult time.’

Liberto Mealha, Bonnie’s long-term friend, also told The Mirror that the singer’s friends were praying for better news.

Bonnie remained in an induced coma after going into cardiac arrest following life-saving surgery in Portugal.

The Welsh star, who owns a property on the Algarve had been treated for emergency bowel surgery and a perforated intestine.

Liberto had said: ‘I could not see her because she’s in intensive care but we are praying for better news. The doctors are positive with the situation, but so far it’s not that good.’

It’s understood that Bonnie went into cardiac arrest after doctors attempted to bring her out of the precautionary coma last week.

A spokesperson for the singer confirmed at the time: ‘Bonnie has been put into an induced coma by her doctors to aid her recovery. We know that you all wish her well and ask for privacy at this difficult time please.

‘We will issue a further statement when we are able to.’

Mealha first met The Total Eclipse of the Heart singer when he opened a well-known Albufeira nightclub in the 1980s, close to her holiday home.

It was previously reported that Bonnie had started feeling unwell around a month ago in April, had been bedridden for two days at her Algarve home before her worried husband Robert Sullivan took her to the private hospital she was seen at before being transferred to Faro.

The singer, who has had multiple hits in her long career and competed at the Eurovision Song Contest representing the UK in 2013, is believed to have been rushed to hospital on April 30.

A day earlier, when her health woes first emerged, the spokesman had said: ‘We are very sorry to announce that Bonnie has been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery.

‘The surgery went well and she is now recuperating.

‘We know that all of her family, friends and fans will be concerned about this news and will be wishing her well for a full and swift recovery.’

She was said to have been ‘stable’ in an intermediate care unit at Faro Hospital before an apparent worsening of her health led to her being transferred to intensive care.

Sources said she had been maintaining her professional activity in the run-up to being taken to hospital, despite complaining of persistent pain for several weeks.

Her representatives have not yet commented on reports that she had to be resuscitated.

Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency in which the heart suddenly and unexpectedly stops pumping blood, causing it to stop beating and disrupting oxygen flow to the body and brain.

It causes instant unconsciousness and collapse. Immediate action involving starting CPR and using a defibrillator where available is essential to prevent death.

A ruptured appendix is a severe medical emergency requiring immediate surgical intervention and antibiotics to prevent fatal infections.

When an infected appendix ruptures, it creates a hole and causes fecal matter and bacteria to leak into the abdominal cavity.

Mealha, whose daughter is Tyler’s goddaughter, said last week the singer’s husband was spending his days by her hospital bedside and only leaving to sleep at home at night time.

He added: ‘He’s very grateful to the doctors and nurses at the Faro hospital and believes that if Bonnie had stayed in the United Kingdom she would no longer be here.’

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