On the 10th of May 1973 Bruce Lee was working at the Golden Harvest studio's on the Hammer Hill Road. He was there to synchronize his new film “Enter the Dragon”.
That day was very warm. The ventilators in the studio were switched off because of the noise it would cause whilst filming. During the break, Bruce went to the toilet. After 20 minutes of not returning, a colleague went to check up on him. He found Bruce kneeling on the floor. He said that he had dropped his contact lenses and was looking for them.
Back in the studio Bruce collapsed and was sick. His body began to shiver substantially. Straight away, a colleague ran to Raymond Chow's office and explained what has happened. In stead of ringing 911, he rang his own GP Doctor Langford from the Baptist Hospital. He told Raymond to get him to the hospital immediately.
Two of Bruce's colleagues took him to the hospital. He had a high fever, was unconscious and responded to nothing. His breathing was heavy and he had problems with convulsions, explained Doctor Don Langford.
Dr. Langford got three doctors to come, one of which was neurologist Dr. Wu to check over Bruce because of the convulsions. During the check up they found a large swelling in Bruce's brain. They gave Bruce Mannitol to decrease the swelling.
They also removed a small amount of hashish from his stomach. Straight after the incident at the studio Linda was informed. With haste she drove straight to the hospital. After an hour and a half Bruce came by and when he awoke Linda was at his side. His eyes rolled and he managed to speak but it was gibberish.
The next day Dr. Langford asked Bruce if he's on drugs. He admitted to using hashish from Nepal. He also told Dr. Langford that he had chewed hashish the day before and afterwards fell unconscious. Doctor Langford warned Bruce about the danger of drugs from Katmandu (Nepal). He explained that they are very dangerous as the drug is pure. He went on to warn Bruce that if he continues to these drugs it would probably cost him his life.
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