🚨 ‘Lungs Gave Out’: American Travel Vlogger Hospitalized After Grueling 15-Hour Train Ride in India

 🏥 In a recent video, the US-based content creator was seen wearing an oxygen mask from a hospital bed, revealing he had been diagnosed with a severe respiratory infection following an overcrowded, non-air-conditioned train journey across India.

Even his seasoned travel experience couldn't prepare him for what he described as a harrowing train ride (Image source: @nickmaddockglobal/Instagram)

Nick Maddock, an American travel vlogger from Missouri, on a trip to India, ended up in a hospital with a severe respiratory infection. It is clear from his content that he suspects he must have caught the infection after spending 15 hours in a sleeper-class train compartment.

Maddock, who spent the past eight years exploring the world, chronicling his adventures on Instagram, is no stranger to challenging environments. However, even his seasoned travel experience couldn’t prepare him for what he described as a “harrowing train ride.”

In videos posted to Instagram, Maddock appeared with an oxygen mask and revealed that he has been admitted to a hospital due to a serious respiratory infection. “I’m actually not sure if it was the 15 hours train or the one week of breathing in dead bodies in Varanasi, but either way these lungs are toast,” he wrote in the caption.

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He did not mention the exact route or date of the journey, but claimed he spent 15 hours in a sleeper-class coach. In another video, Maddock showed one of the toilets in the train in a poor state, highlighting the unsanitary conditions he experienced.“Never again,” Maddock wrote in the caption. The video also included a dramatic text overlay revealing his condition. “He doesn’t know it yet but 72 hours from now, he will be in the hospital for a severe respiratory infection,” it read.

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Several social media users reacted to his adventure on the sleeper coach of a train in India. Many shared that they never had health issues after travelling in an Indian train. One user commented, “We never got this issue!! Its first world problems!!” Another user wrote, “Somehow he also found doctors who could diagnose that the respiratory issues were due to a train journey .. hope they narrowed it down to seat and train number also.”

“Only in Manikarnika ghat would you be able to see dead bodies being burnt because it’s a cremation ground. I am not sure if you have any lung issues but why would you paint entire Varanasi as a city of burning dead bodies,” a third user commented.