A guest at the Oval Office has collapsed at a press event – in front of President Trump and others, including Dr. Mehmet Oz, who rushed to his aid.
Steven Nelson and David PropperNew York Post
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A guest at the Oval Office collapsed at a press event Thursday afternoon — in the presence of President Trump and others, including Dr. Mehmet Oz, who rushed to his aid.
The scary moment, which was caught on camera, came as the White House was rolling out an obesity-drug announcement before the attendee appeared in distress and the video feeds were cut.
“Are you OK? Gordon, you OK?” asked Eli Lilly CEO David Ricks as the man began to fall over.
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“Press out!” officials shouted as Trump rose from his seat at the Resolute Desk and Oz rushed to help.
As the man was helped to the floor, Oz, Trump’s administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, bent over to check on him.
The identity of the man was not immediately revealed, but White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt later said he was a representative of one of the drug companies and was now doing “okay” after a fainting spell.
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“The White House Medical Unit quickly jumped into action, and the gentleman is okay,” she said.
The press conference was momentarily delayed, but when it restarted again, Trump said the attendee got a “little bit lightheaded.”
“You saw he went down, and he’s fine. We just sent him out and he’s got doctor’s care, but he’s fine,” he said. “So we had a little bit of an interruption.”