President Trump’s press conference in the Oval Office today was cut short due to a sudden medical emergency.
Shortly after President Trump introduced Dr. Mehmet Oz as the new Administrator of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Dr. Oz’s 11-year-old granddaughter abruptly fainted and collapsed to the ground near the Resolute Desk.
Dr. Oz quickly rushed to help her while Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped in to tell reporters to leave the office.
Daphne Oz, Dr. Oz’s daughter, could be seen escorting the child out of the room before the feed cut off.
Watch for yourself here:
Just in: President Trump’s press conference has abruptly ended with the press being told to leave. It appears a kid suddenly became sick. Dr Oz immediately ran over to give help to the kid. pic.twitter.com/60gGvADW5L
— The Calvin Coolidge Project (@TheCalvinCooli1) April 18, 2025
During Dr. Oz’s swearing in ceremony, the media were quickly escorted out. Appears one of his grandchildren was not feeling well. pic.twitter.com/scmjVJNkyF
— Angela on X (@URSoulPowerful) April 18, 2025
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The White House says that the child is doing well, now.
However, we don’t know what caused her to faint…
Fox News reported:
A young girl collapsed near the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office while President Donald Trump spoke during a Friday swearing-in ceremony for former heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet Oz, who rushed over to assist the child.
A White House official confirmed to Fox News Digital that the girl was a family member of Oz’s who fainted during the ceremony and that she has recovered.
Department of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. swore in Oz to oversee the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Senate confirmed Oz on April 3, and he is now tasked with managing nearly $1.5 trillion in federal healthcare spending.
In addition to leading the Medicare and Medicaid services, he will oversee the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP). He will be responsible for issuing decisions on how the government will cover procedures, hospital stays and medication.
At the ceremony, Oz laid out his priorities in the role to advance the “Make America Healthy Again” movement that Kennedy is spearheading, and instituting reform for Medicare and Medicaid.
“Healthy people don’t consume healthcare resources,” Oz said in regard to the so-called “MAHA” movement. “The best way to reduce drug spending is to use less drugs, because you don’t need them.”
E Online added:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at WLTReport. View the original article here.Good thing there was a doctor in the house—the White House, that is.
Moments after Dr. Mehmet Oz was sworn in as President Donald Trump‘s administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services in the Oval Office, a commotion occurred when Dr. Oz’s granddaughter Philomena Jovanovic, 11, the eldest of his daughter Daphne Oz’s four kids, fainted.
ADVERTISEMENTIn footage from the April 18 event, the president was speaking to reporters when he was interrupted by a stir on the other side of the office. As a woman shouted, “Philo fainted, Philo fainted. Dad, go!” Dr. Oz—who shares kids Daphne, 39, Arabella Oz, 34, Zoe Oz, 28, and Oliver Oz, 25, with wife Lisa Oz—rushed over toward his family.
As members of the press, who were told to leave the room, made their exit, Daphne—who also shares kids Jovan Jovanovic, 9, Domenica Celine Jovanovic, 7, and Giovanna Ines Jovanovic, 5, with husband John Jovanovic—could be seen helping her daughter out of the office.
Though the scene was tense, the White House later clarified that Philomena was doing well.
“A minor family member fainted during Dr. Oz’s swearing in ceremony in the Oval Office,” a spokesperson said in an April 18 statement to People. “We are happy to say she is okay.”
