CNN’s top doc calls for Biden to undergo ‘detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing’

CNN’s chief medical correspondent has called for Joe Biden to undergo “detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing” after observing the president’s “concerning” behavior in recent weeks.

Dr Sanjay Gupta said that following Biden’s disastrous performance in last week’s debate against Donald Trump, he had received “dozens” of calls and messages from fellow medical professionals.

“From a neurological standpoint, we were concerned with his confused rambling; sudden loss of concentration in the middle of a sentence; halting speech and absence of facial animation, resulting at times in a flat, open-mouthed expression,” Gupta wrote in an article for CNN.

“To be clear, these are only observations, not in any way diagnostic of something deeper, and none of these doctors wished to suggest that was the case.

“The consensus from the doctors reaching out to me, however, was that the president should be encouraged to undergo detailed cognitive and movement disorder testing, and those results should be made available to the public.”

Biden was given a brief medical examination by his physician following the debate last week. In a call to several prominent Democratic governors this week he told them he was in good health, but that would ideally want to finish his working days by 8pm.

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre relayed earlier this week that the president’s medical team had said a cognitive test on the 81-year-old had not been necessary.

Biden’s team said he had had a “bad night” during the debate, later claiming that he had been suffering from a cold but had not taken any medication. The president also blamed his heavy travel schedule in the previous weeks.

However, despite his reassurances, senior members of the