Report: Another Heart Attack Grill diner falls ill while eating

A person eats a "bypass burger" at the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas

/ CBS

(CBS News) Another patron of the Heart Attack Grill has reportedly fallen ill during a meal at the hospital-themed Las Vegas restaurant.

CBS affiliate KLAS-TV Las Vegas reports that a woman is recovering after collapsing unconscious and suffering a possible heart attack at the restaurant that serves up fatty fare.

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Restaurant owner "Dr. Jon" Basso told KLAS-TV the woman was "doing everything society tells you not to do" Saturday night at the restaurant, including eating high-calorie foods, drinking alcohol and smoking cigarettes.  Her current condition or cause of the medical episode was not immediately known but Basso said the woman is expected to recover.

If the incident sounds familiar, in February a man suffered a heart attack and had to be taken out in a stretcher while eating the restaurant's 6000-calorie "Triple Bypass Burger."

At the time, the restaurant offered free eating to people who weigh more than 350 pounds and justified that with a tongue-in-cheek mission statement: "Doctors agree that continually cycling body weight up and down is one of the very worst things a person can do to themselves. That's why our program is focused upon keeping your weight in an extremely stable, gradual, and constant upward slope."

Other fatty foods served up by the restaurant include "flatliner fries" or a four-patty quadruple "bypass burger" you can add 20 strips of bacon to for a small fee.

Following the February heart attack - which some restaurant patrons thought was an act, snapping pictures with their cell phones - Basso told CBS This Morning he's just honest about serving unhealthy food.

"Who doesn't want to risk a little danger every once in a while," Basso told CBS This Morning. "If I can put danger back into hamburgers, all the better."

But commenting on the February case, Dr. Sohail Anjum, a cardiologist at the Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in Las Vegas, said, "I don't think hamburger bite or eating a whole hamburger can give you a heart attack."

[micmac666]

Obviously, people should take some responsibility for their health and not tempt fate. Or they can get a side order of Doritos taco with a bacon shake for the bragging rites...and croak. Adios.

[train99]

Is it only in Las Vegas?
Can't they set up a franchise? I'd like to try it but can't go to Las Vegas.

[longtree-2009]

they were probably already a heart attack waiting to happen before they even crossed over the threshold at the restaurant. it's your life, if you want to take the poorest care of your health, your body, it's your decision to die early. the moment any infant child is born, it is born to die sooner or later.

[bobnjersey]

[... you can add 20 strips of bacon to for a small fee]
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the 'fat bastard' wine looks like a good buy at $4.62 a bottle.

http://www.heartattackgrill.com/MenuInside.jpg

[credibility2]

This grill is what led to the attack; what led to the attack was individuals who weren't in good health to begin with. This is just as alarming as individuals who are anorexic or bulimic.

[msay3]

Stupid is as stupid does!

[markag55]

Well said in just 5 words.

[tmn]

I know a couple folks I'd like to take there for a big meal...

[markag55]

LOL!

[pbaird2]

It appears to me what is more in vogue is to either eat nothing but fast food and blame the vendor or starve yourself while continuously exercising. Too bad people today refuse to accept accountability for their actions and use a little common sense in adopting a moderation in everything attitude.

[signseeker1717]

There are MANY people who eat balanced diets, accept accountability, and use common sense, perhaps many more than you think.

But THOSE folks don't make "news" or headlines.