EXCLUSIVE: Detroit Mayor Dave Bing opens up about his health scare in a 7 Action News interview
Posted: 05/16/2012
DETROIT (WXYZ) - In an interview with 7 Action News Anchor Carolyn Clifford, Detroit Mayor Dave Bing opens up about his health scare and how close he came to dying.
Bing has been back on the job for about three weeks. The mayor had been out of the office for more than a month after being hospitalized for a series of health complications.
In the interview, Bing told our cameras a routine colonoscopy led to a life-threatening complication. The procedure punctured a hole in his colon.
WATCH CAROLYN'S INTERVIEW WITH THE MAYOR IN THE VIDEO PLAYER.
The mayor was hospitalized repeatedly, but tells 7 Action News he feels much better and is blessed to be back to work.
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