Mayor Plante provides update on her health after medical scare during a press conference
Posted December 11, 2023 10:38 am.
Last Updated December 11, 2023 11:53 am.
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante was absent Monday during city council’s vote for the 2024 budget, almost a week after suffering a medical scare and feeling unwell during a press conference.
Plante took to social media on Monday, thanking her colleagues that are taking over for her during the vote.
Ce matin, le conseil municipal se réunit pour voter le budget 2024 de la Ville de Montréal. Je veux remercier mes collègues élu(-es), qui prendront exceptionnellement le relais pour l’occasion
Je dois continuer de ralentir le rythme de mes activités, bien que je me sente…
— Valérie Plante (@Val_Plante) December 11, 2023
“I have to continue to slow down the pace of my activities, although fortunately I feel better and better,” she wrote. “I will be back by your side as quickly as possible.”
Last Tuesday, while delivering her first response to English questions at city hall, Plante paused, went silent and then quickly sat down on the platform.
Her staff immediately went to her side, as she remained on the ground. After a few minutes, the press conference was ended and she was escorted out of the area.
Paramedics were at the back of city hall soon after, and came inside to treat Plante. She was not taken to hospital.
The cause of the illness has not been publicly revealed, and the mayor had said as a preventive measure and to fully get back into shape, she’ll be reducing the pace of her activities in the short-term.
