“Samsung Electronics Co. Chairman Lee Kun-hee remained hospitalized in stable condition Monday after being treated for a heart attack, company officials said,” Jung-yoon Choi reports for The Associated Press.
“Lee, 72, was rushed to a hospital near his Seoul home late Saturday after suffering breathing problems and received CPR due to symptoms of a heart attack,” Choi report. “He was later transferred to a Samsung-affiliated hospital in Seoul, Samsung Medical Center, where he underwent a stent placement procedure early Sunday in which tubes were inserted into his body to widen blood vessels to prevent a heart attack, according to Keich Lee, a spokeswoman at Samsung Global Communications.”
“The Samsung spokeswoman said Monday that Lee’s spontaneous breathing returned shortly after the operation and hospital officials expect good results. She said Lee remained hospitalized Monday,” Choi report. “The Samsung Group has recently been carrying out a broad range of mergers and reorganizations in what analysts say are preparations for handing over the reins to Lee’s three children — a son and two daughters.”
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MacDailyNews Take: We wish Lee a speedy and complete recovery.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Fred Mertz” and “Lynn Weiler” for the heads up.]
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Karma’s a bitch. The stress of knowing you copied and owe so much to another company and that company is now leaving you as a result.
What goes around, comes around!
Samsung implosion.
This screams for snark, but I’m resisting the urge. Heart attacks suck. I’m sorry to hear about this and hope he gets well soon.
“A Samsung affiliated Hospital”
Samsung’s products in the hospital?
If he survives he might return and revolutionise quality control.
That just shows you how deeply entwined Scamscum is into South Korea.
You can actually live a Samsung life in Korea. I have Korean friends who joke about this. They make houses, foods, TVs, washing machines, kitchen appliances… and even clothes, I would assume. Everything you need to live.
Classy response MDN.
I want to see MDN response to the news of Monkey Boy Ballmers heart attack news 🙂
While I don’t agree with Samsung’s policies, I wish him a quick recovery.
May be he will have a change of heart…about Apple!
May need a new heart to do that !
Hard to find a copycat new heart !
Close, but no cigar.
… But I’m keeping my lighter handy.
I’ll dog Samsung all day long. But not a person’s plight with a health condition. I wish him a speedy recovery!
I hope he lives in a vegetative state to the ripe old age of 110 years old.
OMG! How will Samsung continue to innovate without their leader?? I mean… it takes a special leader to photocopy what Apple makes. The Samsung company will be doomed, if they lose their CEO. They will not be able to innovate (copy apple) any more, without Mr. Lee Kun-hee at the helm..
So, there must be something wrong about the New Galaxy S5 Heart Rate Monitor behind the phone just below the camera, right?
Penance for stealing Apple’s IP…
Trust me, he’d never make the association. And in a “capitalist” realm, we are not to wish bad will on crooks except as it revolves around their business. For instance, there is an essential understanding that when crooked business people get to the pearly gates, they get a pass. St. Peter says “Oh, I see you stole intellectual property, paid substandard wages to you employees, polluted rivers, caused people downstream to get deathly ill. But that is all okay as you were just trying to maximize return on capital and as a result you can be as ruthless and underhanded as you want as long as you were doing it for the almighty dollar”.
Now which pacemaker do you think he would choose to have IF they made them. One made by Samsung or one made by Apple?
You mean he has a heart!?
Yeah! I, to, wish Lee a speedy and full recovery and wish him to return to his day-to-day businesses to keep kicking Apple’s collective ass (I’m at Apple’s side, though!:) if that’s his game. Let him fight the good fight… or a bad fight if this is how he roll – whatever he likes, he has only this live. Live it your own way, man, on your terms. Make your own decisions. And we’ll watch and contest accordingly.
The reality: Chairman Lee is currently in an induced coma during hypothermal therapy to limit brain damage. He’s supposed to wake up tomorrow, Korean time, but no one has a clue how much brain function was lost due to oxygen deprivation or if he will regain consciousness at all. The Korean financial press is taking for granted the transition to Lee Jae-yong as having happened today, regardless of future medical developments.
Odds are you’re right. This is the usual progression of things, particularly for out of hospital cardiac arrest.
I was afraid to even look at this article in fear of the snide remarks I would see. Not as bad as I thought. +1 to all those with good remarks.
Wish him well and may he return to compete. Competition makes Apple products better.
my Korean voodoo doll works.
-1. But cute.
Chairman Lee was summoned by Steve Jobs.
I think Steve Jobs just did what no Lawyer, Judge or Jury could ever do. He had a meeting with the “Chairman” and scarred the living shit out of him.
Chairman Lee has more than a yen to get back to plundering Apple’s IP.
Well they can’t keep pace with Apple. Perhaps a pace maker will help! Sorry couldn’t resist
He had stents placed in his heart. I would bet they are American made versus samdung made.
he can’t afford ObamaCare.
Who can?
When did Apple’s Co Chairman have a heart attack? And why did we not hear about it.
Thankfully we are too classy to send emails resenting how this might help market Samsung phones but however still offers a wonderful opportunity to sell more iPhones if we take advantage.
I do wish him a rapid recovery despite everything his company has done but on a lighter note wonder if leaks of the new iPhone 6 might have been the trigger😜