GEORGE CLOONEY - CLOONEY USED MEDICAL KNOWLEDGE DURING HOSPITAL STAY

GEORGE CLOONEY used the medical knowledge he picked up during his stint on hit TV show ER to tease his nurses when he was recuperating in hospital following spinal cap surgery.

The OCEAN'S TWELVE star injured his back while filming upcoming movie SYRIANA last year (04) and started getting agonising headaches after doctors operated on his neck.

It then took a while for Clooney's condition to be successfully diagnosed, at which point doctors performed spinal cap surgery. The star, who had to wear a neck brace for a while, has now nearly fully recovered.

The 43-year-old says, "I was down for a bit. I had terrible headaches and nobody knew what it was, so I got quite worried. I was thinking, 'What the hell is going on in my head?'

"The doctors would tell me to rest. Finally they realised what it was and I was operated on. It was funny in hospital. I'd say to the nurses, 'Is my pulse up? What are my numbers?' All that jargon I picked up on the show."