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7:30pm - Thursday, December 10 on TV 3

Over the last six weeks Russell Swan has pushed his body to the brink, and unfortunately for the survivor, Swan has now paid the price for it. Survivor: Samoa screens on Thursday, December 10th at 7:30pm on 3.

This week's instalment of the hit reality series saw the medically-influenced evacuation of the 42-year-old attorney, thus making Swan the seventh castaway eliminated from Survivor: Samoa.

But despite the unfortunate circumstances under which Swan's Survivor journey came to an end, host Jeff Probst says that while Swan had already passed out twice and seemed incredibly disoriented by his surroundings, he still would have had an opportunity to avoid being medically evacuated if he could have recovered on the spot.

"Our doctors assured him that if his vitals came back strong they would allow him to stay in the game. Nobody wanted Russell to go home," Probst wrote in his Entertainment Weekly blog.

"When Russell passed out for the third time, I got very worried. Then his heart rate dropped 30 beats in less than a second. I was watching the heart rate monitor and when I saw it move from 97 to 68, I was honestly concerned that we were losing him. Forever. Even writing this brings back the same emotion."

Probst added that the Survivor medics "were not exaggerating or play acting when they started pounding on Russell's chest and repeating his name, asking him 'Russell, are you with us?'"

"It seemed to go on forever, his eyes not moving, not responding to anything," Probst continued.

After that, Probst said it was determined that Swan had to be medically evacuated from the competition - making him the seventh castaway eliminated from Survivor: Samoa.

So how will the remaining 13 castaways deal with Swan's sudden departure? What will happen to his alliances, to his tribe? Find out when Survivor: Samoa continues on Thursday, December 3rd at 7:30pm on 3.