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Guest faints on Q & A panel

Updated:Simon Sheikh fainted during a live broadcast of Q & A while guest Sophie Mirabella was unaware there was a medical emergency.

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GetUp! director Simon Sheikh fainted during a live broadcast on tonight’s episode of Q & A.

Sheikh slumped to the desk around 15 minutes into the broadcast, while the panel didn’t realise what was taking place.

ALP minister Greg Combet came to his aid as ABC crew scrambled to assist.

He quickly regained consciousness, saying “sorry, I just fainted”, before being escorted from the panel.

Throughout the show host Tony Jones provided updates that Sheikh was taken to hospital and was doing well.

UPDATE: “We have a number of important campaigns we are working hard on at GetUp! right now and perhaps like a lot of us, I have been burning the candle at both ends,” Sheikh said today.

Today a spokesperson for Sophie Mirabella said that the Coalition MP did not realise that Mr. Sheikh needed help. “She was in shock,” the spokesperson said. “She was unaware at the time that it was a medical emergency.”

Fairfax journalist Lenore Taylor was also on the panel and said it was not “immediately obvious” that Mr Sheikh was unwell.

Since realising Mr Sheikh was ill, Ms Mirabella has contacted the campaigner to wish him a speedy recovery.

Source: The Age

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  3. I have to agree with ausriley26…I do not know the either of the people being spoken about…but I did watch the show…and the woman was turned to the other side of the desk listening to the person speaking…when she turned …she appeared to me to be quite shocked…and did reach out to steady him…

  4. I think everyone should ease up on Sophie Mirabella. Everyone reacts differently when confronted with a real-life medical emergency and you don’t know how you will react until you have to.

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