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Madonna Talks Life-Threatening Hospitalization on 1-Year Anniversary Since Being Discharged

Madonna's hospitalization in 2023 included a 48-hour medically induced coma due to a bacterial infection.

But it's in her caption where Madge expressed her appreciation for life following the ordeal last year that landed her in the ICU and a medically-induced coma. "A year ago today, I had just come home from the hospital after surviving a life threatening illness," she wrote in her caption. ET spoke to Dr. Justin Fiala, a pulmonary, critical care and sleep specialist at Northwestern Medicine, and he talked about how bacterial infections can become serious.

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