Democratic
presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has called off plans to visit the US west
coast after a health challenge at an event commemorating the September 11,
2001, terror attacks in New York.
A local media reported that Clinton had been
scheduled to travel to California on Monday and Tuesday but her campaign office
said she had cancelled it.
Clinton was
said to have cancelled the plan because she had been suffering from pneumonia
since Friday.
The former secretary of state made an early exit from the
memorial event with a video shared widely on social media appearing to show her
stumbling and requiring assistance as she got into a van.
An initial statement
from spokesman Nick Merrill said that Clinton had “felt overheated” after
spending 90 minutes at the 9/11 ceremony.
Clinton’s doctor, Lisa Bardack, later
issued a statement, saying the former first lady had become overheated and was
suffering from dehydration after having been diagnosed with pneumonia on
Friday.
“Secretary Clinton has been experiencing a cough related to allergies.
On Friday, during follow up evaluation of her prolonged cough, she was
diagnosed with pneumonia.
“She was put on antibiotics, and advised to rest and
modify her schedule,” Bardack said. After the incident Clinton was taken to her
daughter Chelsea’s residence, from which she later emerged and said: “I’m
feeling great, it’s a beautiful day in New York,” a local media reported.
The
episode comes amid recent speculation about the state of Clinton’s health by
supporters of Republican candidate Donald Trump, which Clinton’s camp has
dismissed as conspiracy mongering.
Neither 68-year-old Clinton nor 70-year-old
Trump has released their official medical records.
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