A Canadian TV journalist was in the middle of a news report when she experienced a medical emergency live on air.
Jessica Robb, who works as a reporter for the news channel CTV, was presenting a segment for the six o’clock weekend news when she began stumbling over her words.
Robb began her report without a hitch, however only a few sentences in, she began to experience difficulty speaking, 7 News reports.
‘I, looking at, after the day,’ she stuttered, before trying again.
‘Families are pushing feds, pushing the feds to.’
The reporter then informed anchor Nahreman Issa, that she wasn’t feeling well.
‘Sorry, Nahreman, I’m, I’m, I’m not feeling very well right now, and I’m about to just…’ she said before Issa jumped in.
‘Ok we’ll come back to you right now, and we’ll make sure that you Jessica are doing ok, thank you,’ Issa responded.
But before the camera could cut away from Robb, she began to wobble towards the camera with a blank expression.
The anchor told viewers they would provide an update on Robb’s condition ‘a little bit later’ before confirming that she ‘was not alone’.
A statement from CTV later posted to Twitter, revealed that Robb was ‘feeling better’.
‘Thank you to everyone who has reached out, my cameraman, @Stmcclune for being there for me, & @NahremanIssaCTV for being an absolute pro (as usual),’ she said.
She continued saying that she had experienced a ‘very personal and vulnerable moment’ that has now been shared ‘thousands of times’.
‘To everyone who has reached out with supportive messages of well wishes and concern, thank you,’ she wrote.
Robb also pointed out that many have shared ‘baseless theories’ about what caused the medical episode.
‘I have also received an overwhelming amount of harassment and hatred, tied to false theories about the reason for the incident,’ she explained.
‘While I will not share private medical information publicly, I can say that there is no cause for concern and that my understanding of my own medical background provides a reasonable explanation for what happened.
‘I can, however, confirm that the situation was in no way related to the COVID-19 vaccine.’
