Nearly three months after Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) suffered a heart attack on the presidential campaign trail, his doctors say he has recovered well and is in good health.
“At this point, I see no reason he cannot continue campaigning without limitation and, should he be elected, I am confident he has the mental and physical stamina to fully undertake the rigors of the Presidency,” wrote University of Vermont Medical Center cardiologist Martin LeWinter, who has treated the candidate.
Sanders’ campaign released letters from LeWinter and two other doctors on Monday after promising for months to provide comprehensive medical information about the 78-year-old senator. The campaign was criticized for releasing limited information after he was hospitalized in Las Vegas on October 1 and for failing to disclose that he had suffered a heart attack for days.
LeWinter wrote that Sanders had made “an uneventful recovery” from his heart attack and that his heart function is “stable and well-preserved” and his blood pressure and heart rate is above average. “While he did suffer modest heart muscle damage, he has been doing very well since,” LeWinter wrote.
In a separate letter, two other UVM Medical Center physicians wrote that Sanders had undergone cardiopulmonary exercise tolerance testing earlier this month at the Burlington hospital. They found that the senator was able to exercise at a level 50 percent higher than the average male of his age with a similar diagnosis — and at the same level as those with no such diagnosis.
“Mr. Sanders is more than fit enough to pursue vigorous activities and an occupation that requires stamina and an ability to handle a great deal of stress,” wrote UVM Medical Center director of cardiac rehabilitation Philip Ades, who helped administer the test.
The campaign also provided a letter from the U.S. Congress’ Office of the Attending Physician, which has treated Sanders for 29 years. In it, attending physician Brian Monahan wrote that he had conducted a physical examination of the senator earlier this month and found him to be in “normal” condition.
“You are in good health currently and you have been engaging vigorously in the rigors of your campaign, travel, and other scheduled activities without any limitation,” he wrote.
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“Ok I’ll ask the question everyone is thinking…
How much did he pay these Dr’s to write this so-called glorified report.?”
Ok, I’ll ask the question that everyone except Ms. Boutin is thinking: how much did Daddy Trump pay Dr. Bone Spurs to keep Chicken Donny out of Vietnam?
And speaking of payments, I’ll add a question: how many other women has Donny paid off to keep quiet about sex besides just the ones we know about?
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As they say from the South “BLESS YOU”! !!!!
DONNA, you’re just upset because you’re orange turd did actually pay off his doctor, once for this and his father paid off his doctor to get him out of the Vietnam war by saying he had bone spurs! People who like trump aren’t thinking clearly..
Ok I’ll ask the question everyone is thinking…
How much did he pay these Dr’s to write this so-called glorified report.?
I’m surprised they didn’t say “he has a heart like a 20 yr old.”
I almost spit out my coffee when I read “Mr. Sanders is more than fit enough to pursue vigorous activities and an occupation that requires stamina and an ability to handle a great deal of stress,” How can they say that, he’s never done anything vigorous or stressful in his life… Look how much he’s done for Vt ~0~ look how many times he’s been at roll call at the Senate maybe 3 times.. He spent more time running around plugging his book and now campaigning… He was asked if he was going to run for president when he was up for reelection for the senate, he said “I am only running for senator”. LIAR, he knew that he was going to run for pres.
Stop and think ..what has he done for Vt?? most of the time he’s running off around the country. He can’t even do the job as a Senator, he sure couldn’t do the job as president.
Yet he may be paid off again to leave the race like he was in 2016…
It’s not unreasonable to think a 79 year old male who leads a fairly healthy lifestyle wouldn’t be healthy. That’s the physical fitness side.
But I do believe that based upon Bernie’s grand ideas and red faced screaming delivery, one could plausibly question his mental fitness.
Besides, why does he do what he does? Yes, I know, he is passionate about his beliefs, regardless how unobtainable they are. The point is, he’s never going to be POTUS. There are several obvious reasons why this is totally the case.
As an aside, I agree with a previous commenter who wrote about timing. Yep, in the run up to Iowa, SC and NH, just watch press releases as they will continue to out do each other on Earth shaking pronouncements.
Keepin’ it classy!
*Neo-liberal Hillary Hag,* eh?
Let’s see, if egomaniacal, intolerant, angry, misogynistic, NRA*loving Bernie Sanders had a kid with power*hungry, fake*election*holding, neighboring*country*invading, internet*abusing Vlad Putin, the child would be a Bernie Bro.