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Bee Gee's Robin took allergic fit; MUSIC.


BEE Gee legend Robin Gibb was rushed to hospital after suffering an allergic reaction allergic reaction
n.
A local or generalized reaction of an organism to internal or external contact with a specific allergen to which the organism has been previously sensitized.
 to his medication, it emerged yesterday.

The singer made an emergency dash to A&E where he was apparently fitting and lashing out at medical staff.

His manager Mick Garbett said: "He had an allergic reaction to medication he was taking, that's all I know."

Robin, 59, was taken to Oxford's John Radcliffe hospital The John Radcliffe Hospital is a large tertiary teaching hospital in Oxford, UK.

It is the main teaching hospital for Oxford University and Oxford Brookes University. As such, it is a well developed centre of medical research.
 on October 11.

He spends at least half the year with his wife Dwina in a converted 10th-century monastery near the city.

An onlooker said: "He seemed to be in a bad way. It caused quite a commotion and security were drafted in to help."

Robin and his brother Barry, 63, are this week celebrating 50 years while releasing The Ultimate Bee Gees CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc.
DVD
 in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc

Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology.
.

They performed on BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
1's Strictly Come Dancing on October 31.

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Publication:The Mirror (London, England)
Date:Nov 10, 2009
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