Former President Bill Clinton is raising fresh questions about his health after being spotted in the Hamptons with a portable defibrillator, just two months after a public stumble in New York City.
Images captured Thursday show Clinton and his wife, Hillary, boarding a private plane while carrying what appears to be a Propaq MD Air Medical Bag, a transport monitor and defibrillator used in emergencies.
Clinton, wearing a blue jacket and tan hat, was escorted by security, while Hillary dressed in a black sweatshirt over a blue outfit. The UK’s Daily Mail first reported the sighting.
“The sighting immediately reignited concerns about the ex-president’s fragile condition, given his long history of heart trouble,” the New York Post noted.
Clinton, 79, has battled major health issues for more than two decades, including a quadruple bypass, stent placements, and multiple hospitalizations.
In 2004, three years after leaving the White House, he underwent emergency bypass surgery to clear near-complete arterial blockages, narrowly avoiding a heart attack, per the Conservative Brief.
The following year, he was hospitalized for surgery to repair a collapsed lung, attributed to scar tissue from the bypass.
In 2009, Clinton was rushed to a New York hospital with chest pains,