Reuters/New York
The daughter of comedian Joan Rivers, hospitalised in serious condition after suffering cardiac arrest, said yesterday the comedian’s family members are “keeping our fingers crossed,” according to a hospital statement.
Rivers, 81, has been hospitalised since Thursday, when she suffered cardiac arrest after her breathing stopped during a vocal cord procedure at a Manhattan clinic, her family and hospital officials said.
Daughter Melissa Rivers, in a statement released by Mt. Sinai Hospital, said: “We are keeping our fingers crossed.”