Sanders discharged from Desert Springs Hospital after heart attack

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., was treated at Desert Springs Hospital Medical Center in Las Vegas last week for a heart attack, The New York Times reports.

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Mr. Sanders was admitted to the hospital Oct. 1. He first went to an urgent care center after experiencing chest pain at a campaign event in Las Vegas. He was transported by ambulance to Desert Springs Hospital, where the medical team inserted two stents, according to the report.

Physicians told The New York Times his “hospital course was uneventful with good expected progress.” He spent three nights at the hospital and was discharged Oct. 4, according to the report.

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