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left-of-center2012

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Sat Dec 17, 2016, 11:48 PM Dec 2016

Medical emergency at Obama's press conference?

Does anyone know what the medical emergency was that briefly stopped Obama's press conference Friday?
It lasted a few minutes and Obama asked for the White House doctor to be sent for.

There was a brief camera shot of some people leaving through a side door and I thought one looked like Bill Press.

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Medical emergency at Obama's press conference? (Original Post) left-of-center2012 Dec 2016 OP
A reporter fainted I believe. LonePirate Dec 2016 #1
A reporter, not one of the regulars, felt ill, was helped to a seat by other reporters, and fainted Hekate Dec 2016 #2
Can you imagine... wcmagumba Dec 2016 #3

Hekate

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2. A reporter, not one of the regulars, felt ill, was helped to a seat by other reporters, and fainted
Sat Dec 17, 2016, 11:59 PM
Dec 2016

She ended up on the floor. The president noticed it from the beginning, halted the ongoing Q&A, and instructed onlookers to exit the room, go down the corridor, and fetch the White House doctor. This was done, the woman was helped to leave, and the press conference resumed.

The room was absolutely packed, shoulder to shoulder. This type of environment often makes some people feel ill. I trust she recovered with the medical attention she so promptly received.

Obama has a cool head and a compassionate heart.

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