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Jeremy Clarkson was rushed for painful emergecy treatment not long after launching a scathing attack on the NHS .

In his Sunday Times column, the former Top Gear presenter didn't disclose exactly why he needed urgent medical care, simply describing the procedure as "Defcon 1 painful" and joking that "they had to chisel me off the ceiling with a spatula afterwards."

Jeremy admitted that he had held private health insurance for several years, however when he urgently needed medical attention last weekend, he was a good two-hour drive away from the nearest private healthcare facility, reports the Mirror .

This meant he would be admitted to an NHS hospital just hours after his article labelling the health service a "creaking old monster" had been published.

He joked: "I had

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