She has a pacemaker to regulate her heart rate and is recovering from a broken femur after falling in the Ulster Hospital.

Raducanu insisted she was "ready to go" in Melbourne after recovering from the back spasm - suffered when she bent down to tie a shoelace - that ruled her out of a season-opening event in Auckland.

Mozambique is also recovering from Cyclone Chido, which killed 120 people in the country.

Tony Romaine spent seven months in hospital recovering from a stroke that hit him "out of the blue" two years ago.

Outside the clinic, in a "Koala Rehab Centre" faintly perfumed by eucalyptus leaves, is a three-year-old recovering from a hysterectomy.