Bill Clinton has ended up in hospital. According to a spokesperson, the 42nd president was admitted to a hospital in Washington DC early Monday morning.
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Clinton was home before being taken to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. According to CNN, doctors may release him on Tuesday so he can be home in time for Christmas. His current condition is unknown, and no updates have been provided since he was admitted on Monday.
A spokesperson told CNN that he was taken to hospital following Clinton developing a fever. He is undergoing testing and observation, although everyone remains hopeful.
Angel Urena, deputy chief of staff to Clinton, told the outlet that the "president is fine."
"He remains in good spirits and deeply appreciates the excellent care he is receiving."
An aide described Clinton as "awake and alert," providing further comfort to the concerned. The outlet said that the news of his hospitalization only two days before Christmas quickly spread throughout the Clinton personnel. An unnamed veteran associate described his condition as "not urgent or dire by any means," however.
It is currently unknown how the former president is doing. If their early projections are true, then he should be right as rain in no time. As far as we know, he is currently still in hospital.
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The outlet reminded us of Bill Clinton's tumultuous medical history, one that is rather extensive. Since leaving the Oval Office in 2001, the hospital has become a comfortable setting.
He suffered quadruple bypass heart surgery in 2004, a lung partially collapsed in 2005, and another heart operation in 2010 which left him with two stents. More recently, however, Clinton was hospitalized for six days in LA in 2021 after a urological infection spread to his bloodstream.
As he is 78 years old, we can only expect more medical scares from him. As he ages, fever and such symptoms will become much more damaging, so more precautions and observations will need to be made.
Those concerned for the former president will hopefully hear word soon of his discharge.
