‘NEW LIFE’

Netflix Star Wakes Up ‘Reborn’ After Spending Weeks in Coma

The ‘Narcos: Mexico’ star spent 105 days in a Dubai hospital after contracting an aggressive bacterial infection.

Narcos: Mexico star Manuel Masalva, 44, said he woke up “reborn” after spending weeks in a medically induced coma in Dubai. The Mexican actor announced in a Monday post on Instagram that he is awake and now on the road to recovery after contracting an aggressive bacterial infection in March. “I am healing. I want to profoundly thank you all for the support you have given me and continue to give me, in every sense, every one of you,” he wrote, revealing that he spent 105 days in the hospital. “There is so much left to go, but I feel blessed, strong, reborn and well-accompanied. ... God has given me a new chance at life. God has given me new life.” Masalva reportedly fell ill shortly after arriving in the country on March 14 after spending time in the Philippines. He required emergency surgery before he was placed in a medically induced coma. In his post, Masalva also thanked his doctors and Dubai’s culture of “love and spirituality,” adding, “I owe you all my life.” A GoFundMe set up for the actor has raised around $58,000.