Dem Rep Still Unconscious After April 6 Heart Attack

The New Jersey Globe reports:

Rep. Donald M. Payne Jr. (D-Newark) remains unconscious after suffering a heart attack on April 6, indicating that the congressman’s medical condition is substantially more severe than had been initially revealed.

Payne, a six-term Democrat from Essex County, has been on a ventilator in an intensive care unit at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center for the last eleven days, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed; the 65-year-old congressman has not regained consciousness since the heart attack.

His prognosis is uncertain, and his potential return to Washington is unclear. A statement issued by Payne’s office on April 9 acknowledged the “cardiac episode” but seems to have overstated, albeit not necessarily deliberately, the degree to which the congressman was on the mend.

Read the full article. Payne was first elected to succeed his late father, Rep. Donald Payne Sr., in 2012.

Rep. Donald Payne Jr. remains hospitalized following a “cardiac episode” in early April stemming from complications tied to his diabetes, his office says. https://t.co/Ji5WtrYXp0

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