Breaking Now Senator Ted Kennedy Rushed to Hospital with Stroke Like symptoms
Update 12:49 pm – NBC Boston -[q url=”http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/BO78685/”]
BOSTON — A spokeswoman for Edward M. Kennedy says the Massachusetts senator is in the hospital for evaluation after becoming ill at his Hyannis home.
There was no immediate word on his condition.
A knowledgeable official says Kennedy was hospitalized Saturday after suffering stroke-like symptoms. The official declined to be identified by name, citing the sensitivity of the events.
Kennedy spokeswoman Stephanie Cutter confirms in a statement that Kennedy went to Cape Cod Hospital on Saturday morning “after feeling ill at his home.”
Hyannis Fire Lt. Bill Rex told the AP a 911 call came in from the Kennedy compound at 8:19 a.m. EDT A male was transported to Cape Cod Hospital and was transferred by medflight at 10:10 a.m. from Barnstable Municipal Airport to Massachusetts General Hospital.
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ABC Boston- [q url=”http://www.thebostonchannel.com/politics/16316214/detail.html”]BOSTON — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy underwent surgery to repair a partially blocked artery in his neck on Oct. 12, 2008, which was discovered during an examination of a decades-old back injury.
Kennedy, 76, was released from Massachusetts General Hospital a day after the surgery.The operation, performed by Dr. Richard Cambria, the hospital’s chief of vascular surgery, took about an hour and was completed without complications.”The surgery was routine, uneventful and successful,” Cambria said.The blockage was discovered in a regular MRI exam on his back on Oct. 4.Kennedy’s left carotid artery was more than 70 percent blocked. Though he had no symptoms, it posed the threat of a stroke. The problem was found during a routine examination of his back, which was injured in a 1964 airplane crash.”Sen. Kennedy underwent a carotid endarterectomy, which is a surgical procedure done through a small incision in the neck, where the blockage and plaque is actually removed,” Cambria said.”My understanding is it was a high-degree of narrowing — severe narrowing — in other words a large plaque, and that does carries an increasing risk of stroke. Once a diagnosis is made, particularly if it is a very severe narrowing, there is some degree of urgency involved,” Newton- Wellesley Hospital Dr. David Brewster said.[/q]
Update: Kennedy spokesperson is saying that Kennedy is indeed in Hospital for “examination” No other word. At Mass General there is a motorcade waiting outside. There should be a news conferance soon.
Boston Herald [q url=”http://news.bostonherald.com/news/regional/general/view.bg?articleid=1094703&pos=breaking”]
Sen. Edward M. Kennedy has been hospitalized at Massachusetts General Hospital with stroke-like symptoms, several sources close to the family told the Herald this morning.
The eight-term Massachusetts senator and head of the storied Kennedy clan was stricken while at home in Hyannis Port early this morning, sources said, and rushed this morning around 8:30 to Cape Cod Hospital.
Kennedy, 76, was then wheeled on a stretcher to a MedFlight helicopter around 10:15 a.m. this morning, and the copter took off from Barnstable Municipal Airport for Boston and MGH, two sources told the Herald.
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[q url=”http://www.myfoxboston.com/myfox/pages/Home/Detail?contentId=6564800&version=3&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=1.1.1″] HYANNIS (FOX25, myfoxboston.com) — WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Edward M. Kennedy of Massachusetts has been hospitalized in Boston after suffering stroke-like symptoms, The Associated Press has learned.
Kennedy was taken to the hospital overnight, said an official who requested anonymity. There is no word on his condition.
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WBZ Boston
[q url=”http://wbztv.com/local/senator.ted.kennedy.2.726409.html”] BOSTON (WBZ) ― U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy was airlifted to a Boston hospital Saturday morning after suffering stroke-like symptoms at the Kennedy compound in Hyannisport.
He was first rushed to Cape Cod Hospital, and after being in the emergency room for two hours he was transported to Barnstable Airport and was then flown to Massachusetts General Hospital.
The 76-year-old senator’s condition was unknown Saturday.
The emergency call first came in at 8:19 a.m. at the Kennedy compound at 50 Marchant Ave.
Last October, Kennedy under went surgery at Mass. General after a partially blocked artery was found in his neck. The blockage was in his left carotid artery, which supplies blood to the brain and face.[/q]
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