Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: WEDNESDAY, June 7, 1995 TAG: 9506070088
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL PAGE: A-2 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Associated Press
DATELINE: TORONTO LENGTH: Medium
Graham, 76, was taken to Toronto's East General Hospital, where he was in good condition Tuesday night despite some bleeding from his bowel, his doctors said in a statement.
``He was in a weakened condition from the flu he was suffering,'' said Larry Ross, Graham's spokesman. ``From what I understand, this is a temporary condition.''
Graham lowered himself unsteadily onto a chair about 30 minutes into his speech at the downtown Metro Toronto Convention Centre. A doctor and paramedics placed him on the floor behind the podium and administered oxygen.
The North Carolina preacher is in Canada's largest city for a crusade that begins tonight and runs through Sunday. About 250,000 people are expected to hear him preach.
``The latest I've heard is that he's very alert, he's responsive, and they believe that he's going to preach [Wednesday] night,'' Graham's daughter, Anne Graham Lotz, told WTVD-TV of Durham, N.C.
Graham was expected to be discharged today, a statement from his doctors said.
Graham had warned the luncheon audience he wasn't feeling well, but he was determined to finish his speech, said Henry Nigosian, who attended the speech.
``He also mentioned right at the beginning that his doctor phoned and that he shouldn't be giving a speech,'' Nigosian said.
A confidant of American presidents, Graham last year described his health as ``excellent'' despite Parkinson's disease.
by CNB