This is the shocking moment a Serbian minister suffered a stroke live on television, leaving him stumbling over his words before the broadcast was cut short.
Minister for Public Investments Darko Glišićfell fell ill on Tuesday 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 two TV presenters interviewing appeared concerned just moments before the broadcast was cut short.
The minister was rushed to a hospital in Belgrade and was reportedly unconscious.
He is understood to have undergone an emergency operation.
His condition was described as serious and was temporarily put on a ventilator.
Glišić leads the Ministry of Public Investments and is considered to be one of Serbian President Alexander Vučić’s closest associates.
A Serbian minister suffered a stroke live on television this week
Minister for Public Investments Darko Glišićfell fell ill on Tuesday while he made an appearance on a morning show for Serbian TV channel Televizija Pink
His face was drooping and he began to stutter his words while he appeared on TV
President Vučić posted a photograph with Glišić, writing: ‘Darko, hold on. Don’t give up! Darko is better, I spoke with him. He is still struggling a bit, but I can’t describe my joy, and his’.
The Serbian leader later posted a separate image with the minister after visiting him in hospital.
The photo shows Glišićfell lying in a hospital bed holding his left fist up as President Vučić poses next to him.
This is not the first time that the beginning of a stroke has been captured live on air.
Back in 2022, an American news anchor suffered a stroke in the middle of her program.
Julie Chin, of Tulsa NBC affiliate KJRH, was delivering a story about NASA ‘s cancelled Artemis-I launch when she suddenly found herself unable to speak the words she was reading off her teleprompter.
Bewildered and stuttering, Chin tried to push ahead with the broadcast but soon found herself completely unable to speak her script aloud.
‘I’m sorry, something is going on with me this morning and I apologize to everybody,’ she finally said, going off script and tossing the broadcast over to the weather team, ‘Let’s just go ahead and send it on to meteorologist Annie Brown.’
The minister was rushed to hospital in a serious condition, where he received treatment
Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic visited the minister in hospital on Thursday
Glišić leads the Ministry of Public Investments and is considered to be one of Serbian President Alexander Vučić’s closest associates
Brown seamlessly took over the broadcast as Chin could be heard trying to utter an apology off camera.
‘Julie we love you so much, we love you so much,’ Brown then said with a laugh as the broadcast cut to her, ‘We all have those days,’ Brown continued.
But it wasn’t just one of those days for Chin, who did not return to the airwaves after the weather was reported.
Instead, colleagues in the newsroom called 9-11 and Chin was rushed to the hospital.
Chin later revealed that she was in good health, and that doctor’s believed she suffered ‘the beginnings of a stroke, but not a full stroke.’
