Bill Clinton Rushed to N.Y. Hospital

Former President Bill Clinton was rushed Thursday to a hospital in New York City, where he underwent a procedure to have two stents placed in a coronary artery, his office said.

Clinton, 63, was transported to Columbia Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, the same hospital where he underwent quadruple bypass surgery in 2004.

“Today President Bill Clinton was admitted to the Columbia Campus of New York Presbyterian Hospital after feeling discomfort in his chest,” Douglas Band, counselor to the former president, said in a statement to the media.

“Following a visit to his cardiologist, he underwent a procedure to place two stents in one of his coronary arteries. President Clinton is in good spirits, and will continue to focus on the work of his Foundation and Haiti’s relief and long-term recovery efforts,” the statement said.

Sources told The New York Times that Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton did not learn of her husband’s condition until she’d concluded a meeting in the Oval Office with President Obama. Mrs. Clinton is said to be heading to New York late Thursday.

Bill Clinton has recently been helping coordinate the U.S. relief effort following the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, alongside former President George W. Bush.

We wish you a speedy recovery!

source: Bill Clinton Undergoes a New Heart Procedure [ny times]

Bill Clinton Rushed to N.Y. Hospital

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