Former President Bill Clinton was hospitalized at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington due to fever.
Former US President Bill Clinton was admitted to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington on Monday after developing a fever.
Clinton, 78, was hospitalized “in the afternoon for testing and observation,” Angel Ureña, Clinton's deputy chief of staff, said in a statement.
“He is in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he is receiving,” said Ureña.
Democrat Clinton, who served two terms as president from January 1993 to January 2001, gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago this summer, and campaigned before the November election for the failed White House bid. of Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris.
In the years since leaving the White House, Clinton has faced some health problems.
In 2004, he underwent quadruple heart bypass surgery after experiencing prolonged chest pains and difficulty breathing. Clinton R.He was admitted to the hospital for surgery for a partially collapsed lung in 2005.and in 2010 he had a pair of stents implanted in a coronary artery.
Clinton adopted a mostly vegan diet that caused her to lose weight and improve her health.
In 2021, the former president was hospitalized for six days in California while receiving treatment for an infection unrelated to COVID-19, when the pandemic was still near its peak.
An aide to the former president said at the time that Clinton had a urological infection that spread to his bloodstream, but he was recovering and never went into septic shock, a condition that can lead to death.
The aide mentioned that Clinton was in an intensive care section of the hospital at the time, but not receiving intensive care care.