Hamilton West's Labour MP has suffered a health scare after suffering from worsening headaches, neck pain and an unexplained lump.
Dr Gaurav Sharma is the second sitting politician to suffer a major health setback this year after East Coast MP Kiri Allan was diagnosed with cervical cancer in April.
The first-term MP this morning apologised to constituents for being absent from social media, saying headache symptoms he had experienced over the past few months had got increasingly worse.
The 34-year-old is also experiencing neck pain and an unexplained lump has recently appeared.
The trained doctor is now awaiting the results of a CT scan in the next few weeks.