The new letter from Clinton’s doctor stated that a chest scan revealed she had “mild, non-contagious bacterial pneumonia”.
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Clinton’s campaign responded with a new letter from her doctor Wednesday declaring her “fit to serve” as president and recovering well from her recent illness. After a CT scan last Friday, she was diagnosed with “mild non-contageous bacterial pneumonia”.
The disclosure came as her Republican rival Donald Trump released a new health data of his own soon after he questioned Clinton’s fitness, which has remained an area of speculation since this was not the first time she has had health issues.
Clinton’s health scare forced her to cancel a two-day swing through California earlier this week and send her husband, former President Bill Clinton, to a Las Vegas campaign rally in her stead.
Clinton, 68, who suffered a concussion and blood clot in 2012 after falling in her home, has faced questions about her subsequent health by conservative news outlets, and she has been cast by Trump and his campaign surrogates as having “no stamina”.
Aside from the pneumonia, Bardack also disclosed the Clinton developed a sinus and ear infection in January that required the insertion of a myringotomy tube in her left ear.
Her campaign’s first attack ad showed children watching a compilation of Trump clips, starting with him loudly longing for “the old days” when a protester would have been “carried out in a stretcher”.
A release from the show said “Dr. Oz took Mr. Trump though a full review of his systems”, including his nervous system, cardiovascular health, prostate health and family medical history.
“The medical information I put out, and we’re going to put out more, meets and exceeds the standard [s] that other presidential candidates, including President Obama and Mitt Romney, have met”, she said.
Speaking in at a rally in an arena in Canton, Ohio, Trump said Clinton left the event in NY because she felt “overheated”.
“I just talked to her – she’s feeling great and I think she’ll be back out there tomorrow”, former U.S. president Bill Clinton said yesterday. He’s 5-foot-9 and weighed almost 208 pounds during his last physical in February. A New York Times/CBS News poll released on Thursday showed Clinton had the support of 46 percent of likely voters nationwide, with 44 percent backing Trump.
“Mrs. Clinton has been seen by me this year for routine care”, Clinton’s physician, Dr. Bardack, wrote in the letter published on the Democratic nominee’s official site.
In the end, the Republican nominee brought a one-page summary of the medical exam to the set. Video footage taken by a bystander showed Clinton becoming dizzy as she attempted to get into a waiting vehicle. His Doctor Oz charade is as completely unserious as his original joke of a letter written in five minutes. In it, Trump gives Dr. Mehmet Oz two letters showing the results of medical tests conducted last week. “I have it right here”, he said. That’s probably why he finally broke today after restraining himself from commenting on Clinton’s failing health for three whole days.
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Trump also made a stop in Flint, Michigan Wednesday to learn more about the city’s water crisis.
