He had felt tired as he walked offstage at a conference on financial stability in Canada in May 2016. He thought it was jet lag. It wasn’t.
Less than 12 hours after Philip Lowe received a phone call from the then treasurer Scott Morrison appointing him the next governor of the Reserve Bank of Australia, he was unconscious, fighting for his life in a Canadian hospital.
Up to that point, he had taken only one day of sick leave – for an infected tooth – during his 35-year career. “The hospital had world-class doctors who knew what to do and did an operation. It was catastrophic at the time, but I feel so lucky.”Today, Dr Lowe is fit and healthy, with no long-term health ramifications from the freak event. The slender 60-year-old swims 1 kilometre to 2 kilometres at least three times a week, cycles, and golfs often with his son on weekends.had a chance encounter with Dr Lowe at a Sydney swimming pool in March after he had churned out some lunchtime laps.
The health scare sounded serious, but the information flow back to Australia was limited and tests were being conducted on Dr Lowe.Mr Stevens rang Dr Lowe’s wife, Australian Prudential Regulation Authority official Jocelyn Parker. The RBA helped arrange an urgent flight from Sydney to Canada so she could be at his bedside. Dr Lowe’s three children remained in Sydney.
Surgeons realised Dr Lowe was experiencing a life-threatening blood clot. They conducted emergency surgery, including the insertion of a stent and the removal of the clot.
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