Brian Harvey, who is still unconscious in intensive care, has had a throat operation over a week after that accident in which he was seriously injured under the wheels of his own car. The former East 17 singer was given a tracheotomy on Wednesday after an x-ray revealed that there was fluid on his lungs, but the procedure was described as "more precautionary than emergency".
At present Harvey is being kept heavily sedated and is on a ventilator to help him breathe, but hospital staff hope they will be able to bring him round soon. Harvey’s manager, Simon Harrison explained that the first attempt had been stalled, saying "They did try and do this about a week ago and it made him very violently ill so they put him back under." He added "It's a very, very slow process. He hasn't moved, he hasn't spoken, and he's been unconscious all this time."