President Trump visited University Medical Center of El Paso and Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton on Aug. 7, according to the report. The visits were closed to the media, but the president tweeted photos with staff and patients at the Dayton hospital.
After President Trump said Aug. 22 that “the doctors were coming out of the operating rooms,” spokespeople from both hospitals denied the account, according to The Washington Post.
“At no time did, or would, physicians or staff leave active operating rooms during the presidential visit,” University Medical Center spokesperson Ryan Mielke said in a statement to The Washington Post. “Our priority is always patient care.”
“Our physicians and staff at no time leave an active operating room, procedural area or patient room to greet anyone,” Miami Valley spokesperson Ben Sutherly told the Post.
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