The 62-year-old said it was his own fault he had renal failure after playing with wounded street dogs as he had been advised to steer clear of the streets in Delhi.
TV presenter Paul O’Grady has said he almost died after contracting a virus while making his new ITV documentary For the Love of Dogs in India.
“But I was lying in the gutter with these two gorgeous little puppies,” he told The Mirror.
He said he did not even remember going to hospital because his temperature was so high, adding he felt “delirious”.