Fumo to stay night in hospital
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) - June 26, 2008 Fellow state senators rushed to the aid of the 65-year-old
Philadelphia Democrat when he collapsed around 5 p.m.
Fumo has been taking part in lengthy closed-door budget
negotiations in recent days and is facing a federal corruption
trial in September.
Paramedics connected Fumo to an oyxgen tube and wheeled the
pale-looking senator out of the chamber in a wheelchair.
Fumo's spokesman Gary Tuma says the senator told paramedics that
he became lightheaded, dizzy and fell, but never lost consciousness
and did not have any chest pains.
In March, Fumo underwent emergency surgery for a heart attack.
Tuma says doctors who examined Fumo say he appeared to be having
no heart trouble.
He will spend the night in the hospital and be released tomorrow.
Fumo underwent emergency surgery for a heart attack in March.
Sen. Gibson Armstrong, R-Lancaster, said Fumo appeared to be
responsive, if groggy, after falling, as other senators and staff
crouched around him on the carpet.
Fumo, a 30-year lawmaker, has said he will not seek re-election
this year because of federal corruption charges against him. His
trial is scheduled for September.
