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Corrie actress 'seriously ill' after operation.


Summary: Coronation Street Coronation Street is an award-winning British soap opera. It is the longest-running television soap opera in the United Kingdom, first broadcast on Friday, 9 December, 1960 in the Granada region of ITV.  actress Maggie Jones is seriously ill A patient is seriously ill when his or her illness is of such severity that there is cause for immediate concern but there is no imminent danger to life. See also very seriously ill.  in hospital after major surgery, a spokeswoman said today.

Coronation Street actress Maggie Jones is seriously ill in hospital after major surgery, a spokeswoman has said.

Ms Jones, 75, who plays battle-axe Blanche Hunt Blanche Hunt (née Linfield) is a fictional character on the soap opera Coronation Street. She is played by actress Maggie Jones . Originally, actress Patricia Cutts played the role for two episodes before committing suicide.

Blanche is the mother of Deirdre.
, had an operation on Saturday and remains in Hope Hospital, Salford, Greater Manchester Greater Manchester, former metropolitan county, 497 sq mi (1,288 sq km), W central England. It comprised ten administrative districts: Bolton, Bury, Manchester, Oldham, Rochdale, Salford, Stockport, Tameside, Trafford, and Wigan. .

She is said to be "seriously ill" but no details are being released on the type of operation.

The actress did not rupture her spleen spleen, soft, purplish-red organ that lies under the diaphragm on the left side of the abdominal cavity. The spleen acts as a filter against foreign organisms that infect the bloodstream, and also filters out old red blood cells from the bloodstream and decomposes  in a fall, as had previously been reported, the spokeswoman said.

Jones, who is a widow, is understood to have been written out of all immediate scenes.

The spokeswoman said: "We are all hoping and wishing the best for Maggie, who is much loved by everyone at Coronation Street."

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