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Bernie Sanders suffered heart attack – campaign team

epaselect epa07743441 Senator and US Democratic Party presidential candidate Bernie Sanders (C) delivers a speech during a rally in Santa Monica, California, USA, 26 July 2019. EPA-EFE/ETIENNE LAURENT

Bernie Sanders, the leading Democratic presidential candidate rushed to hospital earlier this week, had suffered a heart attack, his campaign team confirmed.

The Vermont senator was released from a Nevada hospital on Friday.

The 78-year-old was at a campaign event Tuesday when he experienced chest pains and taken to hospital. Doctors on Friday said Sanders was diagnosed with a heart attack following a blocked artery.

Via DW

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