This is the dramatic moment Sweden‘s newly appointed health minister suddenly collapsed in the middle of a government press conference.
Footage shows Elisabet Lann slowly falling forward and toppling over a lectern before completely collapsing on the floor as she joined Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson and other officials in a press briefing on Tuesday.
Other politicians and some journalists rushed to tend to Lann, who appeared to be unconscious after her fall.
Meanwhile, Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch is seen placing Lann in the recovery position while people in the room start shouting ‘call an ambulance, call an ambulance’.
Lann was soon rushed out of the room, leaving party officials and members of the public panicked.
But the health minister soon returned unharmed and jokingly told the audience: ‘This is what can happen when you have low blood sugar’.
The incident came on the same day Lann was appointed health minister after her predecessor, Acko Ankarberg Johansson, resigned suddenly the day before.
The terrifying incident comes just a month after a Serbian minister suffered a stroke live on air during a TV interview last month.
Sweden ‘s newly appointed health minister suddenly collapsed in the middle of a government press conference on Tuesday
Footage show Elisabet Lann slowly falling forward as she is joined on stage by the PM and other officials
The minister is seen toppling the lectern over as she falls unconscious
The Deputy PM, Ebba Busch, is seen placing Lann in a recovery position
Minister for Public Investments Darko Glišićfell fell ill while he made an appearance on a morning show for Serbian TV channel Televizija Pink.
Footage from the program shows the moment Glišić’s speech slowed and how he began to stutter while his face began drooping.
The minister was rushed to a hospital in Belgrade, where he underwent an emergency operation.
