Washington, United States.
The President of the United States, Joe Biden, dismissed the controversial White House Physician Sean Conley, criticized for giving misleading messages about the health of former President Donald Trump, and are named personal doctor, Kevin O’Connor, local media reported Monday.
Biden Is ons 78 years old, the oldest man whose president was inaugurated U.S, and O’Connor, which has attended since 2009, when he assumed as vice president, is a retired army colonel with service in the 82nd Airborne Division, the 75th Rangers Regiment and the Special Operations Command of that weapon.
In 2019, when the campaign for the primaries, O’Connor was in charge of the bide physical examination and in his report he indicated that the then candidate for the presidential candidacy for the Democratic Party agreed with “good health and vigorous. “
Medical unit under the White House
He white family doctor is responsible for the healthcare the president, his family and the staff of the presidential residence. Account for this with the support of a team doctors and nurses in the Medical unit located on the ground floor of the building.
The position of presidential physician is normally a designation that does not attract much public attention but was the subject controversy last year when Trump was reported to have contracted covid-19 and Conley, through his admission, he offered encouraging reports because the White House I wanted oneoptimistic impression.
In May last year, when the covid-19 pandemic it quickly spread in United States, Trump stated at a press conference that he had taken hydroxychloroquine as a prophylactic measure, led by Conley, who later confirmed that treatment.
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In October, White House He reported that Trump and his wife, Melania, phad had positive test results for coronavirus detection and the president was admitted to the National Medical Center Walter Reed, in Bethesda, Maryland.
During Trump’s stay Walter Reed, Conley, which has the range of commander in the Marine, gave the press contradictory reports both on the condition of the president andl treatment that was managed.
Three days after internment was the president dismissal. EFE