Kanye West Rushed To Hospital For MRI
Rapper Kanye West was reportedly checked into a hospital in Melbourne, Australia on Wednesday night after suffering a painful migraine.
Eyewitnesses at the hospital said they saw the 37-year-old rapper being rushed in for an emergency MRI ahead of his final performance in Melbourne on Wednesday evening.
According to the Australian magazine Women's Day, the Epworth Hospital in Richmond reportedly performed the brain scan on the artist as a "precautionary measure."
Loraine Kelly, a woman who was waiting for her daughter to undergo an MRI at the same hospital, told Women's Day that she witnessed West being rushed through the back doors of the hospital's emergency area with his wife Kim Kardashian at his side. Doctors and nurses reportedly covered West's face with a t-shirt to conceal his identity. The celebrity was transferred to a stretcher before being wheeled in for his MRI.
"Everyone was massively panicked," the eyewitness said. "Everyone was moved out of the waiting and consulting rooms."
E! News confirmed that West had visited the hospital in Melbourne from about 2 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
"[Kanye is] fine and didn't have a major health scare or seizure," a source told the media outlet. "He just suffered a migraine and went to the hospital simply as a precaution."
West is currently visiting Australia with his wife and daughter, North West. The family is reporting doing a tour of Australia during which West will perform two more shows in Sydney, completing this leg of his tour on September 15 in Brisbane.
