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WCVB anchor Doug Meehan was hospitalized. What he said about it

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Doug Meehan, a news anchor for WCVB in Boston, announced over the weekend that he was hospitalized.

In a video posted to TikTok on Saturday, Meehan said he was “taken to the hospital in an ambulance” on Thursday after hosting a charity event at Gillette Stadium.

Meehan, whose normally charismatic voice was soft and gravelly in the video, said he had an intestinal obstruction.

“Life moves pretty fast,” Meehan said in the video, which appeared to have been filmed from a hospital bed.

The 60-year-old co-anchors WCVB's weekday morning newscasts.

Here's what you should know.

WCVB Anchor Doug Meehan Announces Hospitalization

Meehan was hosting a charity event for the Joe Andruzzi Foundation at Gillette Stadium on Thursday before becoming ill.

“On Thursday evening I was taken to the hospital by ambulance due to an intestinal obstruction,” Meehan said.

In the video released on Saturday, Meehan can be seen lying in a hospital bed with an IV tube in his hand.

“I just had a tube removed that went up my nose, down my throat and into my stomach,” Meehan said. “It was there for 30 hours.”

Who is Doug Meehan?

Doug Meehan is an anchor at WCVB, a news station in Boston. WCVB is a media partner of The Patriot Ledger.

Meehan is co-anchor for the station's weekday morning newscast, EyeOpener.

According to his WCVB bio, he joined WCVB in 2015 after a stint in Phoenix, Arizona. Meehan previously worked for several other Boston news stations, including Boston 25 News and WHDH 7 News.

The 60-year-old grew up in West Yarmouth and received his Bachelor of Arts in communications from Westfield State University.

Meehan previously battled prostate cancer.

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