Bonnie Tyler ‘resuscitated after cardiac arrest’ as doctors tried to bring her out of induced coma

Get well soon Bonnie.

The 74-year-old Welsh icon, best known for Total Eclipse of the Heart, suffered the terrifying setback late last week following life-saving surgery for a burst appendix.

She'll now remain in an induced coma in intensive care at Faro Hospital until medics get a handle on the "serious infection" she's battling, caused by a perforated intestine.

There is, at least, some cause for optimism. Her long-term friend Liberto Mealha said doctors are "positive" she can make a full recovery, even with plenty of uncertainty still hanging over how things will unfold.

More details have now emerged about how Bonnie ended up in this state.

Mealha, who first met the singer back in the eighties when he opened a well-known nightclub in Albufeira, explained that her ordeal began on stage.

"She started feeling unwell during a concert in London and went to a doctor for tests, but they didn't detect anything there," he said.

"She decided to travel to the Algarve, where she began to feel severe abdominal pain. Two days later, she went to a private hospital, which urgently transferred her to the hospital in Faro because her appendix had burst and she needed emergency surgery."

A spokesperson for the singer confirmed late last Thursday that Bonnie had been placed in a coma to "aid her recovery."

The day before, when news of her hospitalisation first broke, her team said: "We are very sorry to announce that Bonnie has been admitted to hospital in Faro, Portugal, where she has a home, for emergency intestinal surgery. The surgery went well and she is now recuperating. We know that all of her family, friends and fans will be concerned about this news and will be wishing her well for a full and swift recovery."

Bonnie, who's racked up multiple Top Ten hits across her career and represented the UK at Eurovision in 2013, is thought to have been rushed to hospital on April 30.

She was reportedly "stable" in an intermediate care unit before her condition deteriorated.

Her reps have not yet commented on the cardiac arrest reports.

Cardiac arrest is a medical emergency in which the heart suddenly stops pumping blood, cutting off oxygen to the brain and body.

It causes instant collapse, and immediate CPR plus a defibrillator if one's nearby is essential to give the person any chance of survival.