Washington, United States.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, dismissed the controversial White House doctor Sean Conley, criticized for giving misleading reports on the health of former President Donald Trump, and appointed in his place his personal physician, Kevin O’Connor, reported local media on Monday.
Biden is, als 78 years old, the oldest man to be inaugurated president of United States, i O’Connor, who has it since 2009, When he assumed how Vice President, it is a retired colonel of the Army with service in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 75th Ranger Regiment and the Special Operations Command of this weapon.
In 2019, when the campaign for the primary elections, O’Connor was in charge of the Biden physical examination and in his report indicated that the then aspirant to the presidential candidacy for the Democratic party was with “good health and vigor “.
Medical unit under the White House
the White House doctor has under its responsibility the health care of the president, his family and the staff of the presidential residence. Account for this with the support of a team of doctors and nurses a la Medical unit located on the ground floor of the building.
The place of presidential doctor It is usually a designation that does not attract much public attention but was the subject of controversy last year when it was reported that Trump had contracted the covid-19 and Conley, as he admitted, he offered encouraging reports for the White house I wanted to give oneto optimistic impression.
In May last year, when the covid-19 pandemic it spread rapidly in United States, Trump stated at a press conference that he had taken hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic measure, under the guidance of Conley, who later confirmed this treatment.
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In October, the White house reported that Trump and his wife, Melania, pAbián had positive results in the test for the coronavirus detection and the president was admitted to the National Medical Center of Walter Reed, a Bethesda, Maryland.
During Trump’s stay in Walter Reed, Conley, which has the rank of commander a la Navy, gave to the press contradictory reports both on the condition of president and ofl treatment which was administered to him.
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