22 May 2023
Sadiq Khan has revealed he may have suffered a “minor heart attack” after falling ill at a climate change conference.
The mayor said that “out of nowhere, I felt a knot in my chest – a kind of tightening” and had to be helped off the stage.
“It was COP26 in Glasgow and I seemed to be having a heart attack,” he recounts in dramatic detail in his book, Breathe, which is published this week.
Mr Khan’s aides on Sunday night told the Standard that he was “in rude health” and not on heart-related medication as a result of the health scare 18 months ago.
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Sadiq Khan suffered 'minor heart attack' that left him 'barely conscious'
Mayor of London reveals he spent hours in A&E after collapse during climate speech
By
Ewan Somerville
22 May 2023 • 4:02pm
Sadiq Khan pictured at the Cop26 climate conference where he had a heart attack.
The Mayor of London reveals the incident for the first time in his new book, Breathe, which outlines his thoughts on "tackling the climate emergency" and seeks to justify his highly controversial expansion of the capital's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez).
He was speaking to an audience at the United Nations Cop26 climate conference in the city when "out of nowhere, I felt a knot in my chest – a kind of tightening" and he had to be "carried off the stage" while "barely conscious", he wrote.
"My shirt was drenched with sweat and I felt like I was on fire," he said.
He recalled that he spent about seven hours overnight in A&E at Glasgow Royal Infirmary and had an electrocardiogram (ECG), X-ray and blood tests after the heart scare on November 10, 2021.
A&E trip after warning from aide
"It was Cop26 in Glasgow and I seemed to be having a heart attack," the book, which is published this week, says.
In A&E, tests identified "a protein called troponin, which is released into the blood after unusual heart activity", Mr Khan, who has been mayor since 2016 and is currently running for a record third term through until 2028, wrote.
Initially, the levels of troponin were "borderline" but a second test showed they had doubled. "There was a possibility that earlier that evening I’d had a minor heart attack," he wrote.
https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/sadiq-khan-suffered-suspected-minor-heart-attack-at-cop26-in-glasgow/ar-AA1bvy5Y
