'Doctors' star has phobia of needles

Doctors star Donnaleigh Bailey has admitted that she is petrified of needles.

The 24-year-old actress, who plays nurse Michelle Corrigan on the popular daytime soap, revealed that she hates shooting scenes in which she has to inject a patient.

She said: “I’m a dab hand at putting bandages on people in scenes, but I hate needles. I hate them in real life and when I have to pretend to give injections in the show.

“I’ve had the phobia for years. When I go to the dentist I have to have something to rub on my gums to numb them rather than an injection.”