Outspoken broadcaster Derryn Hinch has laid bare the extent of his deteriorating health after a string of frightening falls and hospital stays.

Veteran journalist and former Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch, 81, has delivered an unflinching assessment of his worsening health, confessing he doesn’t believe he has much time left after a brutal run of medical setbacks.

Appearing on A Current Affair on Monday night, Hinch told reporter Martin King he has endured 30 falls in the past year alone, leaving him reliant on a walker he jokingly calls ‘Johnny’.

“I’ve had 30 falls in the last year. And they just happen, even when I’m holding onto Johnny [his walker], I sometimes just hit the floor,” Hinch said.

Veteran journalist and former Victorian Senator Derryn Hinch, 81, has delivered an unflinching assessment of his worsening health on Nine’s A Current Affair. Picture: NineNow
One of those falls left him lying on the ground for 12 hours, unaware he had broken two ribs.

“I didn’t know that I had broken two ribs, and the thing was, I was just lying there… I just felt totally standard.”

The shocking ordeal led to a three-week stint in Melbourne’s The Alfred Hospital, where doctors treated him for injuries and ongoing complications.

He later shared a hospital selfie with followers, writing: “Hinch in hospital with infected legs after a fall. No post for a while.”

Derryn Hinch in hospital in Melbourne on October 14, 2025. Picture: Facebook/Derryn Hinch/Supplied
It follows a string of significant health battles in recent years.

In December, Hinch revealed he had been hospitalised for a heart condition, telling X (formerly Twitter) on December 7: “In hospital this week for electric shock to my heart to regulate heart rhythm. Guess you can now call me a shock jock.”

It was his second scare that year, after undergoing radiation treatment for a melanoma in June.

“I’m getting there. On Monday, I start week 3 of my radiation treatment at the Alfred for facial skin cancer,” he shared at the time.

Hinch also survived liver cancer in the late 2000s after being given only a 60 per cent chance of living another five years.

Despite the grim prognosis, the self-styled ‘Mouth from the South’ hasn’t lost his trademark gallows humour.

Standing on the balcony of his apartment, he quipped: “This is a great place to cark it. Sitting in that chair, staring up at the clouds – good night nurse, goodbye world.”

Asked what the headline should be when he dies, Hinch deadpanned: “Thank god.”

Standing on the balcony of his apartment,Hinch told King: “This is a great place to cark it.” Picture: NineNow
Reflecting on his life, he insisted he has no regrets.

“I’ve had such an incredible life, I never dreamed it. An aisle seat on history – and it’s pretty good.

“If I last another month, or another ten years, that’s all good by me.”

Though no longer working in broadcasting, Hinch said one passion will stay with him.

“I’ll never stop writing, it’s my favourite thing.”