Joe Biden temporarily transferred the powers of President Kamala Harris: he needed a medical procedure under anesthesia

The White House announced that US President Joe Biden temporarily transferred powers to Vice President Kamala Harris on November 19 for 1 hour and 25 minutes. This is due to the fact that he underwent colonoscopy under general anesthesia during his annual physical examination. Writes about it Politico.

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Thus, Harris became the first woman at the helm of the United States. CNN.

Harris worked from her office in the West Wing of the White House while the president underwent a colonoscopy, according to White House spokesman Jen Psaki.

Biden went to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the morning of Nov. 19 for a physical, a day before his 79th birthday. Biden is the oldest person ever elected to the White House.

Psaki said the White House will publish a report on the president's medical examination. In addition, she wrote on Twitter that Biden called the speaker Nancy Pelosi ahead of the procedure to congratulate her on the House of Representatives submitting his $ 1,7 trillion signed spending package the same day earlier.

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Around noon, Psaki wrote that Biden had returned to contact Harris and White House Chief of Staff Ron Klein.

“Biden spoke to Harris and Klein at about 11:35 am. The President was in good spirits and returned to his duties. He will remain at the clinic until he completes the remainder of his routine physical, ”she wrote.

Harris will follow the protocols that were used twice during the George W. Bush presidency, when he had the same procedure. Bush's father, George W. Bush, was also acting president in 1985, when President Ronald Reagan underwent surgery to treat colon cancer.

Throughout US history, presidents have always found it difficult to choose between a desire to maintain a certain level of medical confidentiality, sometimes even hide their condition, and the public's right to know about the health of their leader.

Former White House press secretary and chief of staff for First Lady Stephanie Grisham hinted this year that then-President Donald Trump underwent a colonoscopy during his tenure in 2019, which the public was notified of.

The book, among other things, suggests that the former president was not anesthetized, so he could not transfer power even temporarily to his vice president, which is why he kept this procedure secret.

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Biden is the oldest first-term U.S. president in US history, and the last comprehensive update to Biden's medical history came almost two years ago when his presidential campaign published a three-page summary of his medical history in December 2019.

Dr. Kevin O'Connor, Biden's physician since 2009, described him at the time as "a healthy, energetic 77-year-old man."

A 2019 summary showed Biden suffers from non-valvular atrial fibrillation, an irregular heartbeat that O'Connor said does not affect the president. He took Crestor to lower cholesterol and triglycerides, Eliquis to prevent blood clots, Nexium for acid reflux, and Allegra, as well as a nasal spray for seasonal allergies.

O'Connor wrote that the most significant medical event in Biden's history was that he suffered a brain aneurysm in 1988. At the time, he was serving in the Senate. During the operation, doctors discovered a second aneurysm that did not bleed, and it was also cured.

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