AMC Theatres said on Thursday that its chairman and CEO, Adam Aron, 71, recently suffered a minor stroke.
“While on a recent London business trip related to the international movie theater activities of AMC, Mr. Aron suffered a minor stroke on November 17,” it said in a statement.
“He immediately received state-of-the-art emergency medical care at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurological Sciences, a superb public hospital in London renowned for its stroke care and operated by the United Kingdom’s National Health Service,” the company explained. “He received a timely injection of clot-busting thrombolytic medication, staying overnight at the hospital for two nights.”
About the CEO’s future, AMC said: “Fortunately, there are no indications of loss of cognitive brain function related to Mr. Aron’s ability to process complex information, his memory or his written communications, which are all normal and undiminished. His only meaningful limitation was an initial slurring of his speech. He immediately commenced speech therapy, and has already seen a remarkable recovery in the quality and tenor of his voice. He expects to make a speedy and full recovery.”
Concluded the cinema giant: “Given his mental acuity and physical resilience, Mr. Aron remains in full command at the helm of AMC and continues to perform his duties as chairman, chief executive officer and president. He has kept in close and constant communication with the board of directors of AMC, with respect both to the prognosis for his recovery as well as the general business affairs of the company.”
Aron said: “I so much want to thank the immensely skilled and caring staff of the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurological Sciences. In thinking more broadly about what transpired of late, I am a poster child for listening to one’s own body, and immediately seeking emergency medical care at the very first signs of any potentially serious abnormality. I urge any and all not to delay should warning signs ever arise. For those alert enough to obtain such care quickly, the incredibly devoted men and women in emergency rooms the world over save lives every single day.”
