Things just never seem to go right for John Hopkins. Yesterday he was rushed to an emergency room at 4am, suffering from an infection in the hand which was recently injured and subsequently operated on.
Hopper then underwent another urgent operation, the exact details of which are still unknown.
At the moment John is without a contract for 2012, but it shouldn't be an issue as this past season he nearly won the BSB title with Suzuki, and scored the Superpole in his WSBK wild card appearance at Silverstone.
Until recently Hopkins had been hoping for a call from the Suzuki MotoGP team for 2012, but riding in the recent test (which he was unable to participate in) was Randy De Puniet.
source: GP One