HONOLULU — Conservative radio talk-show host Rush Limbaugh was taken to a hospital with chest pains Wednesday, a Honolulu television station reported.
Paramedics responded to a call at 2:41 p.m. from the Kahala Hotel and Resort where Limbaugh, 58, is vacationing, KITV reported. The station, citing unnamed sources, said Limbaugh was taken to The Queens Medical Center in serious condition.
Queens spokeswoman N. Makana Shook said the hospital was unable to comment on the report.
Emergency Medical Services spokesman Bryan Cheplic said paramedics took a male of unknown age to an area hospital from the Kahala Hotel and Resort. He said he had no further information.
Limbaugh was seen golfing at Waialae Country Club earlier this week, KITV said. The country club is next to the Kahala hotel.
For guest privacy reasons, hotel spokeswoman Sheila Donnelly Theroux said she was unable to acknowledge that Limbaugh is a guest.
A native of Cape Girardeau, Mo., Limbaugh dropped out of college in the 1970s and took a series of jobs as a radio disc jockey. He began his radio talk- show career in 1984 in Sacramento, Calif. He moved to New York in 1988 to launch the nationally aired “Rush Limbaugh Show” on WABC. He also is the author of two books, “The Way Things Ought to Be” and “See, I Told You So.”
In 2001, Limbaugh announced to his listeners that he had lost most of his hearing to an autoimmune disorder. Doctors were able to restore his hearing with surgical implants.
Two years later Limbaugh acknowledged he was addicted to pain medicine. He blamed the addiction on severe back pain and took a five-week leave from his radio show to enter rehab.
