Former finance minister Karen Nunez-Tesheira was rushed to hospital yesterday after she experienced a medical emergency during a live TV interview.The incident occurred yesterday morning, about 14 minutes into an interview on Real TV’s Conversations with Zelisa, hosted by Zelisa Boodoosingh Rupani on San Juan-based ZM Network Ltd.The host asked Nunez-Tesheira a question and as she started to answer, Nunez-Tesheira became quiet and slumped in her chair.In a statement yesterday, ZM Network Ltd said Nunez-Tesheira experienced a “medical emergency” during the recording of the programme and was taken to hospital by members of the production team.The company said she was resting and recovering with her family by her side.Boodoosingh Rupani said the team’s first priority was Nunez-Tesheira’s health and safety.“Mrs Nunez-Tesheira is a national icon whose service to Trinidad and Tobago spans decades, as an attorney, law lecturer, parliamentarian, and as our country’s (former) minister of finance. Our team’s first priority was her health and safety. We remain in prayer for her full and speedy recovery, and we ask the public to join us in respecting the privacy of Mrs Nunez-Tesheira and her family at this time.”Nunez-Teshiera was first elected to the House of Representatives on November 5, 2007, for the newly created D’Abadie/O’Meara constituency. An attorney-at-law by profession, she was also appointed minister of finance in November of 2007.