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Joan Rivers Rushed to the Hospital After She Stopped Breathing During a Procedure

Joan Rivers Rushed to the Hospital After She Stopped Breathing During a Procedure

UPDATE: Joan is in critical condition in the hospital. Her heart may have stopped beating and it’s unclear if her heart was restarted. A report says the 911 call had someone saying, “We have somebody in either cardiac or respiratory arrest.”

Joan Rivers was just rushed to Mount Sinai hospital in New York City after she stopped breathing during a procedure at a clinic, TMZ reports.

The 81-year-old Fashion Police correspondent was undergoing surgery on her throat, specifically on her vocal cords, when she stopped breathing in the clinic, and had to be rushed in an emergency to the hospital.

Sources say that her daughter Melissa Rivers is en route to the hospital. No other details are currently available.

We are sending our thoughts to Joan and hope she is doing okay.

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