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Hillary Collapses During Speech

AMHERST, N.Y. -- Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton collapsed Monday while delivering a speech to a local chamber of commerce, but quickly recovered and resumed her busy schedule.

Clinton, D-N.Y., was going to be taken to a hospital but then decided against it after being treated by an emergency crew at the scene, according to WBEN radio in Buffalo.

Her Washington, D.C., office issued a statement to the public and colleagues assuring them of her health.

"Thank you for your calls and thoughts. Senator Clinton is A-OK. She hadn't felt well and her doctors thought it was a stomach virus. When she was speaking at an event today in Buffalo, she needed to sit down, fainted briefly, then got immediate medical attention, and felt well enough to proceed with her planned schedule in that area. Again, from all she and we know, she had a bug that regularly hits us all," the statement to the Senate reads.

While at the prestigious Saturn Club in Buffalo to deliver a speech, the former first lady told the 150-person audience that she was feeling weak from a stomach ailment. She then hit the ground and briefly passed out in front of the crowd, Colleen DiPirro, president of the Amherst Chamber of Commerce

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Posted by Editor at January 31, 2005 03:18 PM