Gundula Gause (58) worried the viewers of “heute journal”! On Monday evening she moderated the news program on ZDF as usual. But shortly after the program began, the 58-year-old suddenly spoke slurred and finally had to Dunja Hayali (49) take over the moderation. Her colleague felt dizzy, but she was already feeling better. Now speak Gundula about the causes of her attack of weakness!
“It was probably an orthostatic collapse,” she explains on the ZDF website – which caused circulatory problems Gundula can only read slurred and speak slurred. She also describes the symptoms and the trigger: “Nausea, headache, dizziness – not eating enough, drinking too little… and I thought I could do it.” But there is probably no reason for major concern now. “A medical examination revealed that there was no serious cause for the sudden dizziness,” it said.
Over 4.6 million viewers saw the news anchor’s attack of weakness live on their screens – afterwards there were lots of wishes for recovery. Despite the all-clear, they still have to do without Gudula for a while: so that she can recover properly, Hanna Zimmermann will take over as co-moderator of the “heute journal” on Tuesday.
