New York:
Comedienne Joan Rivers has been placed in a medically-induced coma
after suffering cardiac and respiratory failure during a medical
procedure.
Rivers, 81, was getting her vocal cords checked at a clinic here when
she started fighting for breath, reports dailymail.co.uk. She was
rushed to Mount Sinai Hospital and placed in a coma as members of her
family were alerted to her condition.
Her daughter, Melissa Rivers, dashed from Los Angeles to New York.
Doctors have told her that her mom is in stable condition. She released a
statement thanking everyone for their messages of support and gave a
brief update on her mother's condition.
“I want to thank everyone for the overwhelming love and support for
my mother,” Melissa Rivers said in a statement. “She is resting
comfortably and is with our family. We ask that you continue to keep her
in your thoughts and prayers,” she added.
While doctors are said to be keen to keep her in a coma until the
weekend, there is concern about the length of time her brain was starved
of oxygen. But less than 12 hours before she stopped breathing, Rivers
was her usual irrepressible self, making jokes about her own longevity
and mortality to an audience of around 100.
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