Flog It! favourite Michael Baggott alarmed fans after sharing a series of videos from his hospital bed before his tragic death.
Tributes have flooded in for the antiques expert after his death from a heart attack was announced today. He had been hospitalised since October following a stroke and previously shared disturbing videos from his hospital bed.
Speaking in one video back in December, he said: “It’s been a week now and I’ve been able to take fluids for two days. I was left without any water at all and have become badly dehydrated.
“For the last three days, I’ve been given a litre of water, which has been insufficient to stop me being dehydrated. The gaps between being given water have been 15 hours, 17 hours with no water, 12 hours with no water and currently 15 hours with no water intravenous.
“I’m dying of thirst in a British NHS hospital and no one seems prepared to do anything about it. I want to say the nursing staff, the junior doctors here, have been the saving grace. They all want to help but they can’t. The senior management and the senior doctors, who I never see, always refuse water, always refuse treatment,” reports the Mirror.
“One told me yesterday If I don’t buck up my ideas, in three weeks I’ll never be able to walk again. Of course the junior staff told me that was nonsense, but it’s symptomatic of the treatment in this place. All the staff are busting their gut to help you, the management and the senior surgeons are not.”
He then went on to update his followers further with a written clarification, reports the Mirror. He said he was in his “fifth bed bound week, before sharing a new post on where he expressed that he felt “happier” and “more hopeful”.
In a recorded message, he shared: “Hydration at last, Radio 3 blaring and slightly happier, slightly more hopeful. Thank you for everybody who either came or sent a message. Hopefully the way back starts now.”
Michael’s death was confirmed in a statement shared on his X account on Tuesday, which said: “Heartbroken to share that Michael died yesterday in hospital of a heart attack following a stroke in October. He was a dearly loved son, brother, nephew and uncle who will be deeply and profoundly missed. There will be a memorial service in the coming weeks, the details of which will be shared here.”
Dozens have shared tributes after the sad news. Flog It! expert Nick Hall tweeted: “So sorry to hear this, Michael was a true connoisseur and ambassador of the antiques world, a font of knowledge and generous with his knowledge, a raconteur and all round top bloke, a pleasure to have known you Michael.”