A pharmaceutical company representative fainted on Thursday during a White House announcement about reducing the cost of weight-loss medications, causing President Donald Trump to pause the event.
As one of the executives from the two drug companies involved was speaking, the individual collapsed behind him.
Trump, who was seated, quickly got up and stayed behind his desk while several people attended to the man, whose identity remains undisclosed.
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Among those assisting was Mehmet Oz, Trump’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services administrator and a medical doctor. Watch the fainting incident:
“The White House Medical Unit acted swiftly, and the gentleman is fine,” stated White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
The event continued about an hour later.
