THIS is the shocking moment when a Swedish minister collapsed on stage during a press conference.
A viral video captured the split second when the country’s new health minister passed out in front of horrified onlookers.
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The incident unfolded on the very same day Elisabet Lann was appointed to the post.
Lann was filmed standing at her podium for a press conference alongside Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
To start with, nothing seems out of the ordinary as the news briefing gets underway.
But it quickly transpires that not all is well for Lann as her colleagues speak on either side of her.
She collapses forward in a split second, sending her podium crashing down as she falls.
Her alarmed colleagues immediately rush to her aid as the horrifying incident occurs.
Sweden’s Deputy Prime Minister Ebba Busch sprints over to assist, and shifts her into the recovery position.
The Prime Minister appears startled at what happened as others rush over to help.
Shocked journalists were left stunned as the jaw-dropping moment unfolded.
The minister was given medical assistance from security personnel before she was led out of the room.
After a while, she returned to the room to speak to the press nonetheless.
“This was not exactly a normal Tuesday, and this is what can happen when you have a blood sugar drop,” she said.
It is unclear if she sustained any injuries when she fell.
A DN reporter said: “It looked really bad. She fell right in front of me.”
The planned press conference was cancelled in the wake of the incident.
Lann was announced as the new health minister today after her predecessor Acko Ankarberg Johansson abruptly resigned.
She has served as a municipal councilor in Gothenburg.
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