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TOWIE star Gemma Collins thanks doctor after health scare in Israel

"It could only happen to me."

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Former The Only Way Is Essex star Gemma Collins has given fans an update after a health scare while on holiday in Israel.

The reality star had been visiting the country alongside her fiancé Rami Hawash and his son Tristan when she was forced to seek medical attention after suffering a burst eardrum.

Updating fans on the situation via a series of Instagram Stories, she wrote: "Thank you so much to this wonderful doctor in Israel who helped me today when my eardrum burst!!! It could only happen to me this doctor was wonderful.

"Everyone in Haifa has been so kind and welcoming I am now off to Tel Aviv," she added in a follow-up post alongside a selfie of her and the doctor.

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Collins has been providing fans with regular updates from her holiday, including a spiritual trip to Bethlehem over New Year.

Sharing an image of herself visiting the Church of the Nativity on social media, she captioned the post: "BETHLEHEM I can’t believe I’ve been so unbelievably lucky to have been where baby Jesus was born and touch the spot I am totally blown away and looking forward to my spiritual journeys in 2023.

"The feeling of this was like nothing I’ve ever felt before I can’t even describe what I felt in that moment I was totally blown away."

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Collins has been re-engaged to businessman Hawash since December 2021, rekindling their romance seven years after their original engagement.

She was previously in a turbulent on-off romance with TOWIE co-star James Argent, ending the relationship for good in 2020. The reality star took a swipe at her former boyfriend in a recent interview, seemingly uninterested in talking about her ex-partner's relationship.

"I don’t really give a shit about James Argent," she bluntly told OK! when asked for her opinion on his new romance.

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