SNP MP in hospital after fall at Westminster
Reports have emerged that the SNP MP, Allan Dorans, has been admitted to hospital following a fall at Westminster earlier this week.
According to the Daily Record newspaper, the MP for Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock suffered a ‘serious fall’ in Parliament on Tuesday afternoon. He was taken by ambulance to St Thomas’ Hospital, across the Thames in Westminster.
Mr Dorans is said to have suffered a serious facture of his upper leg.
Mr Dorans told the Daily Record that he was in “excruciating pain” but that “morphine was helping a bit”. He is expected to have an operation and remain in hospital for over a week.
Mr Dorans, who is aged 66, has more experience of London life than many of his colleagues in the SNP having once worked in the Met Police. He became a detective inspector in the force at the comparatively young age of 28.
Mr Dorans was previously hospitalized with Covid-19 earlier in the pandemic.