Dr. Jonathan Reiner, cardiologist to former Vice President Dick Cheney, appears to be unconvinced by the White House claim that President Donald Trump's Saturday hospital visit was 'routine.'
Former Vice President Dick Cheney's cardiologist says he is"skeptical" about White House claims that President Donald Trump's Saturday hospital visit was"routine."
"There was no sophisticated testing done. It's a little bit unusual," said Reiner."Almost everything that is usually done in a presidential physical like this, can be done in the White House at the White House medical unit. So, it doesn't really make a lot of sense why the president would travel up to Walter Reed on a Saturday afternoon for this kind of testing."
"A spontaneous trip for a medical exam is distinctly uncommon, raising the question of whether there was something specifically at issue that required an evaluation on Saturday," said Reiner. "You go to a hospital, like Walter Reed, for testing that is not available in the White House," said Reiner."That would include things like CAT scans, a test like a stress test. Those kinds of very sophisticated and detailed procedures would often need to be done in a place like Walter Reed. A routine exam to draw some blood, just to just sort of check the president's height and weight can be done on the ground floor of the White House.
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