In the U.S., Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s health has become a heated topic in the media. And in December 2013, she had to be rushed to New York’s Presbyterian Hospital after a medical scare following a fainting spell and concussion.
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Clinton unexpectedly left Sunday’s 9/11 anniversary ceremony in NY after feeling “overheated”, according to her campaign. A video later posted on Twitter showed her staggering and eventually slumping forward before being held up by three people as she was helped into a van.
“Well, if it is then it’s a mystery to me and all of her doctors”, Bill Clinton shot back, leading into his been-there-done-that explainer. “Hopefully they’re going to be good”, Trump said. The diagnosis was not made public until Sunday.
Clinton officials canceled campaign appearances Monday and Tuesday in California.
Citing anonymous sources, The Post reported that Clinton was en route to a state-designated Level 1 trauma center but that an aide advised a detour to her daughter Chelsea’s downtown apartment where she would have more privacy. “I just didn’t think it was going to be that big a deal”, she said.
“Clinton and Trump’s first debate will be at Hofstra University September 26”.
In his interview with Fox News on Monday, Trump said he would release “very, very specific numbers” from a medical exam he took last week.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks about national security, Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, at the Union League in Philadelphia.
Clinton Camp Withheld Pneumonia News – At What Cost? However, they have not provided any evidence to support the claim.
A letter released by her doctor in July described the candidate as being in “excellent health” and “fit to serve” in the White House. It stated that Trump would be “the healthiest individual ever elected to the presidency”.
The doctor, however, has since acknowledged that he dashed off the note in five minutes while a Trump campaign limousine waited nearby.
Trump, 70, has been suggesting for weeks that Clinton lacks the energy needed to be president.
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“I still think that we are likely to win, but I think anyone who’s not concerned about a bigoted, KKK-endorsed sociopath being this close right now in the polls is not living in reality”, Regunberg said of Trump.
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While rumors have swirled about Clinton’s health for years, this is what we know for sure.
