hes refused his medical records to be released oz a former surgeon and tv host said in an interview on fox news last week more republicans suggest john fetterman is too sick to serve now that he apparently is healthy he can debate for 90 minutes start taking live questions from voters and reporters and do a second debate now too tripp said justin merrimanbloomberg via getty images file before wednesday the last time fettermans campaign had released information from someone on his medical staff was june weeks after his midmay stroke in which a different doctor ramesh chandra wrote that he should be able to campaign and serve in the us senate without a problem neurologists call attacks uninformed fetterman is taking appropriate medications to optimize his heart condition and prevent future strokes chen wrote in the report pennsylvania senate candidate john fettermans health has continued to improve and he is speaking without cognitive deficits months after a stroke the democrats primarycare physician wrote in a report released wednesday by his campaign thats good news that john fettermans doctor gave him a clean bill of health said rachel tripp an oz communications adviser before repeating attacks on fettermans record such as his stance on crime abc previously spoke with independent neurologists who said that generally poststroke language issues do not imply cognitive impairments president joe biden is expected to campaign with fetterman in philadelphia on thursday overall lt governor fetterman is well and shows strong commitment to maintaining good fitness and health practices the lieutenant governors health has been heavily discussed in this crucial senate race in the wake of the stroke he had in may and his republican opponent dr mehmet oz has repeatedly pressured fetterman to release updated medical records he has also been working with a speech therapist in a visit on friday chen took fettermans blood pressure and heart rate which he declared normal and performed lab tests that returned good results the campaign received some criticism for not disclosing the stroke until two days after it happened with polls closing in the democratic primary just days later so when im asked if hes improving or not i dont know because nobody knows he has no work restrictions and can work full duty in public office wrote clifford chen a pittsburgharea doctor who began serving as fettermans physician in may according to the report mark makelagetty images file since returning to the campaign trail later in the summer fetterman has acknowledged having issues with auditory processing of language and has been using closedcaptioning systems in some situations later wednesday conservative news outlets cited records that showed chen had a history of donations to fettermans campaign dating back to june 2021 and as recently as in september republican senate candidate dr mehmet oz hosts a safer streets community discussion at galdos catering and entertainment on oct 13 2022 in philadelphia more on friday john went to his primary care physician for a