Ashley Judd is hospitalized in an intensive care unit in South Africa after seriously breaking her leg during an excursion in Congo (central Africa).
“I am in the trauma unit in beautiful South Africa, where I was transferred from Congo, a country to that I love deeply but that, unfortunately, is not equipped to deal with massive and catastrophic injuries like the one I have ”, the American actress shared during an Instagram Live with a collaborator of The New York Times.
“The difference between me and a Congolese citizen is the accident insurance that allowed me, 55 hours after my mishap, arriving in an operating room in South Africa. ”
Protagonist of the film Olympus Under Fire, Judd, by 52 years, he referred to the privileges he has compared to the inhabitants of the country where he was injured and the great medical deficiencies What they have.
“The lack of a simple pill for pain when you have broken your leg in four parts and have a damaged nerve” , he added.
In the talk, he detailed that he was on an excursion investigating bonobos when he tripped over a fallen tree and broke his limb when he fell. He said it was a terrible accident, that he screamed like a wild animal, then he went into shock and finally passed out.
The actress had to be transported in a hammock through the jungle and then paid for a six-hour motorcycle trip to get to another intermediate destination.
edge of my limit ”, expressed.
A few 55 hours later, he finally arrived in South Africa .
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