MATCHROOM founder Barry Hearn has taken to Twitter to express his delight at his staff buying him a defibrillator following his second heart attack.
The 72-year-old – who required surgery in April after being hospitalised – uploaded a snap of himself proudly holding up the lifesaving device to his 102,000 followers.
The veteran promoter captioned the post: “Every year my staff buy me a great birthday present and this year they have surpassed every previous present with – a defibrillator!
“It’s the present you buy someone who has everything! I LOVE these people!”
Shortly after leaving the hospital, Hearn – who suffered his first heart attack in 2002 – told the Metro how he felt “embarrassed” to be in hospital, but claimed he’s motivated to get back to work.
He said: “I’m doing alright. During times like this, you feel silly complaining and I won’t be. There are people going through much worse things than just a little heart problem.
“It was just throwing a couple of stents in. When I went into hospital I was embarrassed to be there, really, but everyone told me “no, you’ve got to go” and it was good advice.
“I might not have woken up. That would have been a terrible way to finish the book, wouldn’t it?
“But you still feel embarrassed because they’re front line troops in there ‘I knew what it was because I’d had it before, but this was a minor one, so I was reluctant to go and see anyone.
“I’ve got a cardiologist so I spoke to him, told him the symptoms and he said “get down there!” I had a night in the intensive care unit, which was horrendous, but they looked after me really well.
“Maybe it’s told me that I have to grow up a bit, I can’t do everything myself, I need to maybe delegate a bit, but I just don’t like to.
“I didn’t like handing the boxing over to Eddie, but what a good idea that was, he’s doing a better job than I ever did.”
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