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Actor Zac Efron has reportedly been flown to Australia for urgent medical assistance after contracting an illness that threatened his life.
On Sunday, The Daily Telegraph reported that the 32-year-old actor was filming a documentary series in Papua New Guinea when he suffered a “life-or-death medical emergency”.
It is understood he was transported via plane to Brisbane Airport last week, before Christmas Day, with a bacterial infection.
He was treated at St Andrews War Memorial Hospital in Spring Hill, the publication reports, and was permitted to return home to America on Christmas Eve.
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Upon arriving, Efron, who rose to fame after starring in High School Musical, was in a "stable" condition and remained in hospital for a number of days while he recovered.