US EditionWhite House guest faints during Trump event in Oval Office
- On Thursday, a Novo Nordisk executive collapsed behind President Donald Trump in the Oval Office during an announcement about lowering weight-loss drug prices, prompting officials to pause the event and usher out the press.
- On Thursday, a senior administration official said out-of-pocket costs for GLP-1 weight-loss medications could be between $50 to $350 per month, down from more than $1000, at an event unveiling deals with Eli Lilly and Novo Nordisk.
- Video shows attendees holding the man's head and bringing him down to lie flat as Dr. Mehmet Oz and others rushed to help while David Ricks, Eli Lilly CEO, asked, `Gordon, you okay?`.
- About 30 minutes later the event resumed and Trump told reporters the man was being seen by doctors and was OK, while the unidentified individual did not return to the Oval Office.
- The presence of high-profile officials including President Donald Trump, Dr. Mehmet Oz, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary, made the collapse unusually visible, with multiple sources telling The Washington Post the man may have been a patient on GLP-1 medication.
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Trump Oval Office Announcement Cut Short After Man Suffers Medical Emergency
President Donald Trump’s White House is certainly never lacking for excitement. Often, it’s mostly good fun, like Trump’s odd arm wrestling contests with French President Emmanuel Macron. Other times, it’s […] The post Video: Trump Oval Office Announcement Cut Short After Man Suffers Medical Emergency appeared first on The Western Journal.
The incident led to the event being interrupted, but a White House spokesman said the medical team acted quickly and the man is now doing well.
Man collapses in Oval Office on live TV as Trump announces obesity drug deal
A pharmaceutical executive collapsed in the Oval Office on live television Thursday during a press conference about the Trump administration’s deal to lower the cost of some obesity drugs. The unnamed executive was standing in a group behind the podium while Eli Lilly CEO Dave Ricks spoke. As he began to fall, multiple men including Dr. Mehmet Oz attempted to hold him up before he collapsed to the floor. “A representative with one of the compani…
The president of the Novo Nordisk pharmaceutical company feels ill and is being rescued
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