Mitch McConnell discharged from hospital six days after hotel fall
Kentucky lawmaker fell at private dinner in Washington DC’s Waldorf Astoria hotel last week
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Your support makes all the difference.US Senator Mitch McConnell has been discharged from hospital six days after he fell at a private dinner at a Washington DC hotel and suffered a concussion.
The Republican lawmaker went home on Monday after receiving treatment for the concussion and a “minor rob fracture” in the fall last week, according to his office.
Following his discharge, Mr McConnell will receive more treatment at an inpatient rehabilitation facility.
“At the advice of his physician, the next step will be a period of physical therapy at an inpatient rehabilitation facility before he returns home,” his communications director David Popp said in a statement.
“Over the course of treatment this weekend, the Leader’s medical team discovered that he also suffered a minor rib fracture on Wednesday, for which he is also being treated.”
The 81-year-old senate minority leader tripped and fell while at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in the US capital, a property which used to be owned by Donald Trump.
“The Leader and Secretary Chao are deeply thankful for the skilled medical care, prayers, and kindness they have received,” Mr Popp’s statement added.
Earlier this year, Mr McConnell celebrated becoming the longest-serving party leader in Senate history, surpassing former Democratic Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield. Mr McConnell has served as the Senator from Kentucky since 1985 and has led the Senate Republican Conference since 2007.
The Kentucky lawmaker suffered a fractured shoulder in a fall at home in 2019.
Mr McConnell is not the only US Senator who has recently been hospitalised.
Senator John Fetterman, a Democrat from Pennsylvania, checked himself into Walter Reed to be treated for clinical depression, while Senator Dianne Feinstein, a Democrat from California, was in treated in a hospital for shingles.
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