Horrible news reported the publication of NME.

According to preliminary information, Darius Campbell decided to participate in a charity event called Fresh2o. The purpose of the campaign was to popularize special water filters in African countries.

British actor recorded a small commercial, in which he spoke about the properties of such bottles, the filters in which purify the liquid from 99 percent of various bacteria. During the shooting, the artist poured water from the Thames into a bottle and drank it.

"I recorded the video and collected the necessary funds, but when I went to Glasgow for my mom's birthday, the authorities began to refuse," said Darius Campbell.

Soon it turned out that there was no filter in the actor's bottle, because of which Campbell picked up the virus and fell ill with bacterial meningitis.

The actor earned brain swelling, and then fell into a coma. The actor's father brought him to the hospital in time than saved his life.

As previously reported in "URA-Inform," the Soviet actor Valentin Gaft was hospitalized for an urgent operation. According to Bagov, doctors insisted on surgical intervention during a routine examination. Initially, hospitalization was scheduled, but because of possible complications, the operation was moved a day earlier.