Usher's Wife Suffers 'Cardiac Arrest' During Surgery

Media reports claim that Usher's wife Tameka Foster has suffered a cardiac arrest while undergoing a liposuction procedure in Brazil.

The multi-million selling R&B pulled out of the Grammy Awards celebrations to be by his wife's side in hospital in Sao Paulo.

Usher's publicists had already confirmed that Foster had suffered “complications from routine surgery”.

Brazilian news agency G1 and Eonline.com have added that she was admitted to intensive care at the Sirio-Libanes Hospital on Friday after suffering a cardiac arrest as she was being anaesthetised for surgery.

According to G1, doctors at the hospital placed Raymond in an induced coma for 24 hours to stabilise her. She is currently in recovery.

In a statement to the Associated Press, the Sirio-Libanes Hospital have refused to pass comment on her condition, saying: "The family has demanded total privacy. The hospital is barred from giving any information."