Scott Cam has shared a health update after shocking fans by revealing he was in hospital.
The Block host first shared the news about his emergency visit live on the Brisbane radio show Stav, Abby & Matt on July 31, just days before the renovation show kicked off for 2026.
On August 2, the day of The Block‘s premiere, Scott took to Instagram to update fans on his progress after undergoing a knee replacement, which saw him hospitalised for 2 weeks.
“G’day gang!! You may have noticed I’ve been a little MIA before The Block kicking off tonight,” he wrote alongside photographs of himself in hospital.
“I’ve been getting a new knee for the last 2 weeks to keep up with the grandkids.”
Scott is believed to have now returned home, after he revealed live on radio that he was due to be discharged on August 2, just in time for The Block‘s premiere.
“I am calling you from my hospital room, which I’ve been in for 12 days. I just had a knee replacement,” he told Stav, Abby and Matt in his radio appearance.
“First five days is not good. Let me tell you. I’m at the back end now.”
“I was on the heavy duties [painkillers] in the early days because knee replacements are pretty big. Yeah, there’s a lot of pain involved.”
“I’m still incapacitated a little bit with a walking stick,” he added.
What other surgeries has Scott Cam had?
Before hosting The Block, Scott was a carpenter, and it came with its fair share of difficulties.
In 2020, he was rushed into emergency neck surgery due to the “wear and tear” from years of physical labour.
“I didn’t really tell anyone about it, but then I thought it’s a good message for young tradesmen and women who are working hard – as they do – and I know how hard they work when they’re young because they’re bulletproof,” he said to 9Entertainment.
“One morning my vertebrae had just crushed, basically from wear and tear, and the disk was worn out, and it crushed my nerves going down my shoulders and my arm.”
The emergency surgery lasted around three hours.
“In layman’s terms, they cut a channel between my vertebrae for the nerve to sit in,” he shared.
Initially, he thought it was a pinched nerve, but he was concerned when he found out how serious it was.
“I’ve never really been to hospital for anything like this; I’ve just had a couple of small operations, nothing major, so this was new ground for me,” he explained.
At the time, he urged other tradespeople to look after themselves.
In 2024, he also campaigned with SafetyCulture to encourage more tradies to be sun smart.
Explaining that he had spots on his arms from rolling his sleeves up while working outside, he urged others to make sure their hands are covered when working outdoors.
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