Posted on 10/04/2019 4:59:55 PM PDT by billorites
The Sanders campaign said Friday that Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had a heart attack earlier this week, disclosing more details about the health scare that has temporarily sidelined his presidential bid.
The 2020 presidential candidate left the hospital Friday afternoon. The update on Mr. Sanders’s health comes two days after the campaign said he had two stents put in a coronary artery after suffering chest pain during a campaign event Tuesday night in Nevada.
“After presenting to an outside facility with chest pain, Sen. Sanders was diagnosed with a myocardial infarction. He was immediately transferred to Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center, ” his physicians Drs. Arturo E. Marchand Jr. and Arjun Gururaj said in a statement.
“His hospital course was uneventful with good expected progress. He was discharged with instructions to follow up with his personal physician,” they said.
“After two and a half days in the hospital, I feel great, and after taking a short time off, I look forward to getting back to work,” Mr. Sanders said in a statement.
The Sanders campaign has canceled his coming events, but said he is expected to be on the Oct. 15 debate stage.
Mr. Sanders’s health issue sidelines him at a time when he is struggling to gain momentum against former Vice President Biden and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren in national polls, though he has consistently been polling in the top tier of the crowded Democratic field.
The heart attack also highlights the issue of age in the race. Mr. Sanders the oldest candidate at 78 years old. Mr. Biden is 76, and Ms. Warren is 70. The eventual nominee will take on Republican President Trump, who is 73.
Mr. Sanders has kept a packed campaign schedule and traveled across the country since announcing his run for president in February.
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He should withdraw his candidacy while he has some dignity.
Will all his mansions and boats and whatever cash is on hand go to the poor people?>
Treated by “greedy” doctors working for an “evil corporation”.
How hypocritical.
As a heart attack survivor I expect Sanders to reevaluate his priorities.
I just can’t bring myself to give a damn...one way or the other.
Nothing to see here. Everybody move along. Just like a commie.
Caused by too much arm waving.
Finally the truth emerges. He had a heart attack, not some heart procedures. It is similar to calling the investigation of Hillary a “matter.”
You would think that both his doctors and wife are telling him the same thing:
Go home and stay there.
That is why he must keep running—to get away from them!
Of all my reasons not to vote for Bernie, the condition of his coronary arteries isn't anywhere on the list. (#1. Bernie is a Communist. #2. Bernie is a Communist. #3. Bernie is a Communist. #4. Bernie...)
“C’mon Bernise, get your ass on that treadmill! This will buff right out! Push it!”
And quadruple your salt and fatty/greasy food intake while you’re at it Bernise.
Campaign contributions will go down drastically in the next quarter.
But, Bernie will have to drop out way before the next quarter numbers come out. He’s done!
Staying in the race will just prove him to be delusional.
I saw what you did there. Brilliant. Lol!
Oh sure...Hopefully were not forced to watch him do the big chicken coughing up lung shrapnel and corn dogs while flailing his arms around at his next campaign stop.
Where the stents free?
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